![]() ![]() Then she makes them wash their hands, then they're right back at it-uplifting and preserving all that is magnificent. Fern won't allow them near the quilt with coffee. They drink coffee, way across the room, over by the freezer. They assemble at nine, then at ten-thirty, take a fifteen minute break. How can you think of golf when there are shoeless Indians running around? Now is not the time for play now is the time for duty now is the time to uplift and preserve all that is magnificent. Their husbands want to spend the winter in Florida and play golf, but these women wouldn't dream of it. They ease down the stairs, hunker down at the quilting frame, and stitch for three solid hours. They meet every Tuesday morning at nine o'clock. So that's what they've done every year since 1974. This episode, from "Home to Harmony," recounts the genesis and highlight of the women's circle's quilting fundraiser. ![]() In Philip Gulley's Harmony series, the Friendly Women's Circle of the Harmony Quaker meeting is dedicated to "Uplift and Preserve All That Is Magnificent." It also serves as the personal fief of Fern Hampton. Reprinted with permission from HarperSan Francisco. ![]() An excerpt from "Home to Harmony," by Philip Gulley. ![]()
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