It's Monday, and --

 
Mother Nature has finally 

come to the party . . . 

 

But now I'm going to have to 

sew like lightning!

  
 

This piece has to be finished by the end of the week in order for me to stay on schedule.  With the face stitched (whew!), hopefully the rest will come together easily.

The plan is to have 8 new pieces for Baltimore, and I haven't given up on the plan yet.  But that's only worrying about step one, the sewing . . . there's also going to be the little matter of  framing 8 pieces!

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem

brings us face to face with another problem.

-- Martin Luther King Jr. 

Luckily, it's only Martin Luther King day and not Valentine's day, so I've still got plenty of time for blissful denial.  So now it's back to work . . .

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance 

and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

-- Martin Luther King Jr.

I realize I'm not necessarily "uplifting humanity" -- even though my work looms large in my own little life -- still, I do hope I can make someone else happy using my hands and the power of creative thinking. 

But  it's important to pause now and then and remember people 

who've done TRULY important work in the world:

M. L. King, Ulysses Davis, n.d.

Thanks, Dr. King, for your work and your words, from which we continue to benefit and for which we remain grateful . . . but also mindful of the importance of continuing down your enlightened path.

Peace in the Valley, O.W. "Pappy" Kitchens, 1977

We must use time creatively.

 -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Have a make-something-meaningful Monday.