As is perhaps obvious, the return to school has left me completely unable to keep up with this blog. It’s not even a question of having time to make posts: I don’t even have time to quilt, most weeks.
Once the semester ends, in late December, I hope to pick things up again. For now I miss having the time to comment and interact with folks: it feels very lonely.
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On a different topic: I’m in New York City, which was surprisingly hard hit by Hurricane (Superstorm?) Sandy. I was very lucky: our house was untouched, and we didn’t so much as lose power. Since then, we’ve given blood and bought supplies for the shelter near our house, and signed up to work shifts, and been very, very grateful to have been spared and to be able to go on with our everyday lives with so little disruption.
But thousands of other people were not so fortunate, and the city is looking to try to house something like 40,000 families until their houses can be reconstructed or repaired. Not to mention the more than 100,000 people who are still without power, just in the five boroughs of New York City.
There is apparently a send-quilts-to-victims project, if you have the time to participate.
And if you’re financially able, the Red Cross is in desperate need of donations to be able to continue helping victims. Even $5 helps, if enough people kick in what they can. Thousands of people are in need of drinking water and food, and the Red Cross is doing a great job of getting to areas that were hard-hit.
My best wishes to anyone hit hard by Sandy, and I hope the recovery effort continues long and strong, because this isn’t something for which there will be a quick fix.
Knit-Spin-Quilt 
Hello Alisa, Hope to see you back here next year and happy that you came thru with Sandy. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers for all those too for much needed relief. We live close to the gulf about 20 minutes and have been thru many storms and understand what our neighbors to the east are going thru. Judith, Texas