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Moving on

Journal

Friday, March 26, 2021

I finished stitching all the blocks I was working on this past week (it seems like longer) so I didn’t feel too badly about setting it aside. It is a lovely day out and I perhaps should have been out on the deck sandwiching but I’ll hope for a good day tomorrow. If not, I know I’ll get a good day soon and I’ll sandwich a few while I’m at it.

The project I’ve moved on to are the filler blocks for my Log Cabin quilt. I’m not sure any of these blocks will actually be used in the quilt but I’m sticking with the program for now. I was behind six blocks and I got three of them finished today. They aren’t difficult blocks but there wasn’t even one of them where I didn’t have to reverse stitch at least one seam.

I feel like I’m done for the day so I’ll do some cross stitch until supper is called.

Essentials

Journal

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Covid-19 case numbers in BC are exploding in spite of the vaccination rollout; 700+ yesterday and 800 today, the highest since January.

In January when the numbers were high we were placed under rigorous restrictions – no gatherings indoors or out. But now, when the cases are just as high, some of the restrictions have been lifted. Pat suggested that perhaps it is because they know people won’t follow the orders anyway so this gives just a little bit more freedom. They have also doubled the fines for ignoring the Public Health Order but I don’t think they have managed to collect much money from the tickets they have already issued.

With my vaccination date quickly approaching I wasn’t really planning on doing much of anything differently but until the numbers have decreased dramatically I think I’ll stick to only the essentials – the library, the post office, the quilt shop, the doctor (if necessary) and the pharmacy. My haircut can wait and so far I’ve managed to get everything else delivered to my door.

Cilka’s Journey

Books

Author: Heather Morris

Cilka was mentioned a few times in the book The Tattooist of Auschwitz. She was a good friend of Gita who eventually married the tattooist. She was taken from the general population and put in charge of the women who would be sent to the gas chambers the following day. She was repeatedly raped by a couple of SS officers and did what she had to do to survive. At one point she used her connections to get the tattooist back his job and in doing so likely saved his life.

After surviving three years at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Cilka was convicted of “sleeping with the enemy” and sentence to 15 years of hard labour at a Siberian prison camp where the conditions were almost as bad as they had been at the concentration camp. I can’t imagine how she forced herself to keep going day after day and year after year.

How do you truly rate these horrendous stories that emerge from the Second World War and the struggles of Nazi-occupied territories?

Goodreads Rating: * * *

It was my fault

Journal

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Christy’s valentine showed up today – back in my mailbox. I transposed a couple of the numbers and it came back as “No Such Address”. Isn’t there a song with that line in it? I hate that I can’t blame the post office, particularly after my recent rant. I’m going to send it back to her in the mail tomorrow; if I hang on to it for next year I’ll have forgotten where it is.

I finished two more blocks today and the end is in sight – hopefully tomorrow. Having the half-square triangles done certainly helped and I’m hoping to have the next batch ready by the end of the day.