Volume 11 Issue 48
November 26 - December 3, 2003

On Our Cover
Stitches of Awe
Photo by Betsy Kehne
As English bid and covet from the hard-worked folding chairs that are the center seats, Amish watch from the sidelines. On a long bench, matriarchs sits amidst a row of daughters and their babies. The dark colors, mostly black, of Amish dress make a foil against which the rainbow-hues of the quilts play.



Thanksgiving at the Farm

by Nancy Hoffmann
For Phil and me, this Thanksgiving brings a new home, a new life warmed by four generations of family under our roof.

Bay Life ~ A Head in the Clouds
by Maureen Miller
For Smithsonian scientist Jess Parker, the best view of the forest is at the top of a
28-meter crane.



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