I just returned from teaching at the North Carolina Quilt Symposium. It was held at Peace College in Raleigh. There was an amazing line up of teachers at this event and we found ourselves enjoying dorm life together.

The organizers of this event did an amazing job putting all the pieces together. We were welcomed in our rooms by hand made quilts that made us all feel right at home.

 

Now back when I was in college (in the dark ages), we didn’t have coed dorms. So it was fun to have John in our dorm.

Rachel Clark from California was there. Rachel and I actually roomed together a few years back in Louisiana so it was nice to see her again.

 

Larkin was there from Washington. I had not spent too much time prior to this event with Larkin, so I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know her better.

 

Hollis only lives about 40 minutes away. She drove in from her home and we had lots of time to catch up during our evening dorm visits.

 

Speaking of evening dorm visits, one night we gathered in Becky Goldsmith’s room and laughed until we cried. Boy, it did remind me of those good old dorm days, but I had a new sorority of friends.

 

I wasn’t able to snap everyone’s picture (or just didn’t think of it), but I did catch Elly Sienkiewicz.

 

She is always smiling.

 

I thought when I began snapping pictures, I would write about visiting with friends in North Carolina for this blog.

 

But as I downloaded the photos, I realized that all the pictures I took of my friends revealed they were either laughing or smiling.

And then it hit me, we simply enjoy what we do and that makes us smile.

All the best,

Carol

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