Comments on: Anne Lamott, and Why The Masthead of This Blog is a Raggedy Quilt. //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/ Faith and Family; Justice, Joy, Bread of Life Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 //wordpress.com/ By: dad //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/#comment-6696 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:29:27 +0000 //rachelmariestone.com/?p=5024#comment-6696 Have you noticed that in the above quote Anne used the word “ghastly” rather than “terrible” or something similar? What a great choice of words. The only person I ever knew to routinely use “ghastly” in conversation was your late grandmother. I can still hear her describing something as such, with the faint tinkling of ice in the background…

Affected, perhaps, but unquestionably effective. Some things in life are just that– ghastly.

]]> By: Tamara Rice //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/#comment-6690 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:09:20 +0000 //rachelmariestone.com/?p=5024#comment-6690 Oh, I love her so much. I hadn’t read Stitches yet and didn’t even make the connection to that metaphor until reading what you’ve written. I have used the quilting metaphor myself many times, even here: //hopefullyknown.com/2013/10/07/because-god-made-it-beautiful/

I will definitely be picking up the book now. She is one of my favorites and–like you–I wasn’t convinced it would hold something profound for me that I hadn’t already heard her say. Thanks for writing about it here.

]]> By: Jeanette //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/#comment-6689 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:55:49 +0000 //rachelmariestone.com/?p=5024#comment-6689 How did you know I was going to buy it. Thanks! Love, Mom

]]> By: dad //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/#comment-6686 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:17:13 +0000 //rachelmariestone.com/?p=5024#comment-6686 One of these days I’ll have Aunt Katie do one of her genealogical investigations on this one. She’s the one who established the Kerouac connection, so who knows?

]]> By: dad //rachelmariestone.com/2013/11/25/anne-lamott-and-why-the-masthead-of-this-blog-is-a-raggedy-quilt/#comment-6685 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:48:11 +0000 //rachelmariestone.com/?p=5024#comment-6685 Anne’s raggedy quilt as opposed to Edith’s neat tapestry.

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