You can only imagine my consternation when I came across the following link for the (1st) printed version of my book, cheap sildenafil citrate, no longer offered in a printed format. We now sell an e-book version on amazon.

The shocking price below ($475.07) is greed personified but that seems the norm for books on the secondary market today.

Patricia Cummings, a frugal Yankee herself who doesn’t like to see people ripped off

I am beginning to think that the FATES are trying to undermine my efforts once again. They will not win! For a considerable number of months now, I have been preparing for one day: August 16, 2011. I have made five quilts, collected about thirty images (mostly of museum-held Civil War quilts), and prepared a two page reading list that I arranged to be duplicated for the audience.. We have ordered and received a Civil War outfit for both Jim and I. I have practiced some musical selections and have purchased, borrowed or read no less than thirty books pertinent to the subject I’ll be addressing. I’ve had my guitar restrung and polished up, and have practiced singing some songs! I made bookmarks to promote the American Quilt Study Group to make people aware of the group’s national seminar and publications. I have purchased a new brooch that is wide, and suitable to wear with my homespun dress.

Jim’s uniform pants are now shortened to size. I made about four phone calls to the “sutler” to find out where Jim’s brogan shoes were and why they were delayed. They arrived last Friday, finally! As for my own “get-up,” I had to have the “hoop” not only shortened considerably, although I am 5′ 8″ tall, and I had to have it taken in at the waist – twice, which meant a number of trips to the dressmaker!

We went to Walmart and bought name tags for everyone so as to make socialization a bit easier, knowing what a friendly group of people historians and quilters can be! We are told that refreshments will be part of the equation. All in all, we have spent months preparing for this one 45 minute to 1 hour presentation. On Friday, I realized I have a sore throat

I have laminated book covers of new books that will be published by friends of mine on this same topic in the near future. I arranged for an article about a rare historic quilt to be published in the Aug/Sept issue of cheap sildenafil citrate magazine, and my editor has been kind enough to send free copies for all of the attendees of my lecture. I have gathered up display items pertinent to my talk and found a “table covering” that is suitable to lay them on. I’ve asked Jim to bring along a photo stand so I can hang one of the quilts I made. I have sent out invitations and done a lot of PR work and, for my efforts, it seems that many people plan to attend this event. We bought new batteries for the microphone set up and tested it, inasmuch as we had to order a replacement unit when the first one we bought failed to function.

A friend will be bringing her wonderful appliquéd reproduction quilt top. I rode up to the town with another friend so that she will know “the way” when it comes time to drive there herself. I have made countless phone calls to arrange various details and engaged in e-mails, tweets and Facebook posts.

On Friday, I came down with a sore throat. Today, I have the sniffles. My fingers are crossed that I will make a miraculous recovery in the next couple of days. If anyone asks me if I am planning to give more talks, the answer will most likely be, “No!” And people who don’t give presentations don’t have a clue as to the amount of work that can go into one measly little hour! I am looking forward to this day and I WILL be there? Is the universe listening?

Patricia Cummings

Press Release:

Wonalancet, Weeks & the White Mountains

Celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial by exploring the history of Wonalancet as it was 100 years ago. The Wonalancet Out Door Club and the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire invite you to visit the beautiful village of Wonalancet on Sunday, August 7, 2011 for a community-wide event that includes hikes, talks, home tours, music and art.

Programs begin with a service in the historic, nondenominational Wonalancet Union Chapel at 10AM, followed by presentations on the culture and lifestyle of Wonalancet in 1911, displays in local barns of Wonalancet artwork and historic photographs, a hike into The Bowl to see the forest that the Weeks Act protected from clear cutting, and a short guided hike with an opportunity to picnic atop Mt. Katherine and savor the view. Bring your own picnic lunch for the hikes.

In the afternoon several historic homes, including Wonalancet Farm, will be open for tours. The celebration will end with Wonalancet 1911 style of gathering and entertainment from 5–7 p,m., including music, songs, and perhaps some of Kate Sleeper’s charades. Light foods will be available at various sites during the home tours and the concluding gathering.

Join any part of the celebration or make a day of it. “Wonalancet, Weeks & the White Mountains” is part of “Eight Days of Weeks: The White Mountains Cultural Festival,” a regional celebration of nature and culture coordinated by the Arts Alliance and partners all around the White Mountain National Forest in honor of the Weeks Centennial. For additional information, visit or . You can also send email to or call 323-7113.

WODC was founded in 1892 to provide and care for paths, trails and other facilities for persons visiting the White Mountains; regarding these lands, to promote their conservation and the enforcement of the laws regarding their conservation and use, to promote communication between their owners and the public on these issues, and to promote discussion and education on all these matters.

The WODC actively pursues these goals through many activities including:

Maintenance of 52 miles of hiking trails

Restoration and reconstruction of deteriorated trails

Assisting private landowners that host local hiking trails

Publication of the WODC Newsletter
Publication of the Map and Guide to the Sandwich Range Wilderness

–
Bob Cottrell, President
Tamworth Historical Society
Currently restoring the historic Hall-Dyer House for our new home,
Museum, office and collection storage.
25 Great Hill Road, just west of the Barnstormers Theater
Mailing address: PO Box 13, Tamworth, NH 03886
(603) 323-2911
Email:
Website:

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An online site, boston.com, has published about the discovery that a quilt held by The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine has a “sister” companion quilt owned by the Mystic Seaport Museum. Both quilts were made during the Civil War, the one in made by the Portland Ladies’ Aid Society. Previously, I had described that quilt in a blog entry dated 2005, the year I first saw it on display at the Maine museum. The quilts share the signatures of some of the same women and the quilt blocks are similar if not congruent. I have not yet seen the newly-discovered quilt in person. This is exciting news for those who love quilt history!

To read more about these quilts, please visit the article.

The quilt from Maine was photographed and published in conjunction with a research paper “One Foot Square, Quilted and Bound: A Study of Potholder Quilts” written by Pamela Weeks in cheap sildenafil citrate, Volume 31 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group, edited by Laurel Horton. To order this volume, visit the online or contact the New England Quilt Museum’s shop.

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, a new article by Patricia L. Cummings