The Creative Momentum of the Patchwork Journal
by Janie Lin.
Growing up a good part of my childhood in Oregon, I spent as much time outside as I could. We moved around quite a bit, like
almost once a year, and my favorite place was the house in Pleasant Hill. We had five acres of land to roam on with apple and
cherry trees, laurel bushes that were taller than the house, woods and big grassy lawns. The house was a sprawling rectangle
with heated concrete floors (Great for roller skating on), cathedral ceilings, 13 rooms, a canning kitchen, an attached shop, and
at the very end of the house a garage.
It was