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Wednesday, December 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters entrepreneur, art- ist and founder of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Jean Wells is featured this month as TheQuiltShow.com9s Quilting Legend. A trailer for the feature can be viewed at https://thequilt show.com/component/all videoshare/video/show- 2513-tqs-quilting-legend- jean-wells. The website notes, <Our TQS Quilting Legend for 2019 is the one and only Jean Wells. Jean, founder of the Stitchin9 Post in Sisters, Oregon and author of over 30 books, wel- comes Alex and Ricky to her home for a tour of her garden and provides a walkthrough of the many quilts she has made. Throughout the show, Jean expresses her love for the process of color exploration, gives a tour of the Stitchin9 Post, shares a mini-history lesson of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, and then gives her own thoughts on all the dif- ferent things she has accom- plished in her long-lasting career.= PHOTO PROVIDED Jean Wells is “Quilting Legend.” In the PINES By T. Lee Brown Merry, Happy, Fraught Merry Christmas, folks! It9s December 25. If you9re a dedicated American consumer, especially one under 18 years old, you probably know how to feel about this day: Hooray! If you like prezzies, stock- ings, marshmallow Santas dipped in a strange choco- latey substance that feels like plastic and tastes like wax& this is definitely your day. If you9re part of a happy, archetypal, Norman Rockwell family, today is warming up your heart with joy and con- tentment. Your house is full of grandmas and grandpas, uncles and aunties, cousins and kiddos stomping snow off their boots as they return from building snowmen and lob- bing not-too-dangerous, non- icy snowballs at one another. There are turkeys or hams to lovingly cook and carve, a fireplace to gather 8round, and a jolly patriarch who drinks only enough brandy to red- den his nose, not so much that inappropriate stories start pouring out or fistfights com- mence. Little kids play with Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys, big kids join the grownups for a round of cards or Yahtzee. No phones pollute the togeth- erness with their beeps and buzzes; the TV screen9s He fed the poor 4 not as a wealthy man strutting around in fine robes, occasionally dispensing a dollop of char- ity to some wretched soul, maybe sitting on the board of a nonprofit organization when he could find the time, but as a poor person himself. He encouraged his disciples to abandon their worldly riches. The Jesus of the Bible over- turned the tables of money- lenders. He hung out with the lowlifes of his time: publicans, harlots, sinners. He openly rebelled against the religious leaders of his time, calling them blind, fools, hypocrites. Most extreme of all, he urged people to love not only their neighbors 4 regardless of any political signage they might have displayed on their lawns 4 but their enemies. That9s right. <Love your ene- mies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and per- secute you.= If there9s a <Go ye there- fore and write mean-spirited rants on Facebook= in the New Testament, I haven9t run across it yet. Also, if some- one asks to borrow some- thing from you? Jesus says to let 8em borrow it. (Surely he didn9t mean the new chainsaw you found waiting under the tree this morning?!) If you9re a Christian on Christmas, it9s easy to over- look the difficult thoughts, ones that might compromise feelings of pleasure and sat- isfaction. After all, it9s your day. Your entire country stops to celebrate your religion, as though it were the only one in the land. What an honor and a privilege. To those who are alone today, whose families are fraught or broken& To those who have no gifts to give, no homes in which to put any gifts that might be offered& To those who are troubled by the plastic-encased, made-in- China, disposable presents Santa brings their kids& To those who do not prac- tice the dominant American religion, and those who doubt their religious leaders& I wish you all a day of peace. I wish you warmth, meaning, and nourishment, and 4 if it9s not too corny 4 love. And I wish, meditate, con- template, and pray that all of us might bring a spirit of grace and generosity to our- selves, our families, our town, and our nation 4 not just on December 25, but every day of the year. 694-B SE Third St., Bend |Open Every Day 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Jean Wells featured as ‘Quilting Legend’ covered up by a Santa blanket. If you are a Christian 4 whether one who actu- ally practices their religion, or a Sunday-go-to-church sorta-Christian 4 this is the day for you. Set aside any doubts and celebrate your beliefs, religion, and commu- nity. Sing songs about stars, drums, Mary and Joseph. Contemplate an angel figurine or the star atop your tree. If you are a Christian, you can watch the <Charlie Brown Christmas Special= with your kids, and chime in word for word along with Linus, <And there were in the same coun- try shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone all about them, and they were sore afraid. <And the Angel said unto them, 8Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.9 <And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host prais- ing God, and saying, 8Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.9= You can feel good about your religion9s origin story for this holiday, warmed through with the knowledge that mil- lions of other Christians (and sorta-Christians) are celebrat- ing along with you. On other days, the ques- tion <What would Jesus do?= might intrude on your feelings of merriment and gratitude. 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