Weekly update: it's a flimsy + next project + reading

Earlier in the week we enjoyed lunch with longtime friends Ann and John.  How longtime?  Ann and Stevens were kindergarten classmates in 1945.  We reconnected via Rotary and P.E.O. a couple of years ago. 

 

We came out of the eye doctor's office on Friday afternoon to find that this happened to my car.  No, there were no security cameras on that block and, no, the other guy did not leave a note.  Fortunately the car is driveable.  The claim has been filed and the local body shop (three blocks away) will do the work. 

Saturday evening we drove his car to Waukegan High School for the first Lake County Community Concert Assn. performance since early 2020.  Alternate rows in the school auditoriium were taped off and social distancing was no problem.    Yang and Olivia were outstanding!  And it was nice to see friends who are fellow LCCCA patrons. 

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In the studio:  it's a flimsy!  Incense and Peppermints?? . 

 

 

I've pieced seven more daisy-print mug rugs for an ongoing P.E.O. project. 

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I finished just one book this week. It was excellent.

Home economics as an academic discipline began in the late 19th century.  It was a way for women interested in science, math, and statistics to conduct rigorous and meaningful research at a time that they were largely forbidden to pursue those fields alongside men.

 Among the founders of the American Home Economics Assn. were Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT graduate and co-founder of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae which later became AAUW, and Annie Dewey, wife of Melvil Dewey (of library science renown).  

Home economics expanded beyond academe to government (dietetics; USDA Extension; national standards for clothing and household goods and activities; child development) and industry (food processing, utility companies, and appliance manufacturers) and to education. In recent decades the profession has floundered, not because its expertise is any less relevant or valuable but because women's horizons in science and business have expanded. Schools have been pressured to eliminate electives considered vocational rather than academic though all students can benefit from "life skills" courses.

Danielle Dreilinger's history is informative, readable, and entertaining. I regret that I have not valued home economics more throughout the years.  

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Linking up with Oh Scrap!    Monday Making    Design Wall Monday

P.S.  I do not recall ever seeing a praying mantis (except in pictures). This week I saw two!

This was on the wall at church. (How a propos.)

This was on the dining room window.