This is a Beth Russell needlepoint kit based on a William Morris design. He was a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement at the end of the 19th century and his many designs for fabric and wallpaper are still much in use today.
I love to write during the daylight hours, and have been spending lots of hours lately--as most of you know--transcribing those World War II letters of my father. I'm now on letter #198, have transcribed 116,354 words of my father's purple prose to my mother, and have about 70 more letters to go.
I wonder if these letters used up his entire lifetime quota of words. For the rest of his life, he was such a quiet person.
Anyway, with so much writing work ahead, I find myself wanting to take a break in the evenings.
