My C.O.W.* Moment

I don't normally use this forum as a soapbox, indulge me today. I do enjoy technology and I am in favor of communication, those are facts.  I don't think of myself, normally, as a C.O.W. (*cranky old woman) either; but I suppose that personal appraisal is subjective. The thing that I do NOT enjoy is the proliferation of people everywhere, in all situations, texting and giving little if any regard to their present company and/or surroundings. I don't appreciate sales people waiting on me in between texting on the job. I don't like students in quilt classes constantly being interrupted by texts coming in or even begin to understand the immediate need to respond on my time! I believe that texting at the dinner table is beyond rude.  I cannot tolerate texting in the pew during worship service on Sunday morning. In my humble opinion there needs to be a class for texting etiquette and everyone, everyone, needs to enroll!

Thank you, I'm stepping down now.

Moo~

Life is Good!

*COW definition compliments of Nancy, thank you.

A Product Of Era And Area

I remember attending a lecture some time ago presented by a quilt historian and taking notes; I wrote: "quilts will be influenced and can be identified, most of the time, by the time period  and the geographical region in which they were constructed". Isn't that true of people as well? A high school classmate had posted the dress code, the one to which we were all expected to adhere, on Facebook. I have copied it here for your information and amusement. I graduated from high school (public school) in New England in 1971,   I am a product of time and place! I know, inherently, what a "school dress" is; I believe that term would need further explanation today. The notation that "thongs are not acceptable" brought a smile to my face, before they were flip-flops they were thongs and back in the day were not appropriate footwear for school.  Sneakers were acceptable for girls (but not recommended) in Spring and Fall and boys were advised not to wear footwear designed for out-of-doors in the Winter!?! Both boys and girls' hair was an issue, the length of bangs was of enough concern to be regulated; and I seriously wonder how this authoritarian statement: "any item of clothing or style of grooming deemed by the faculty to be distracting is not acceptable" would be viewed by students/parents now; I can't even imagine what is printed in rules for dress and appearance today, but I suspect that tattoos, T-shirt slogans and/or visible underwear are on "the list" (or should be)! I don't recall many challenges to these rules when I was a student; there may have been a few rebels, but then I am blessed nowadays with a shorter memory! I do remember the "hem police", teachers who were stationed in the halls between classes checking how short skirts were, but that was about as dictatorial as it got, the rules weren't a problem. This probably explains a lot about me; an oldest child from a Puritan place who has always been an ardent rule-follower, but I'm also like an antique quilt, influenced and identified by the era and area from which I came! 

~not to mention being soft, worn and wrinkled~ 

Life is Good!