Community News 51
Ponte Vedra Recorder · November 12, 2015
Get a life!
Bonnie Talley
Quiltlady
Last week about 8:30 in the morning, my phone rang. I never answer
the phone unless I know who it is;
however, I was intrigued by the area
code, 202, which is Washington, D.C.
I didn’t answer the call but “they” left
a message for me: “This is the IRS and
we are pressing charges against Bonnie
Talley. Call this number immediately!”
Needless to say, my heart was pumping big time by the time they got to the
last part, but for some reason, I knew
that I was not going to call that number until I talked to my accountant.
Thank goodness I was alert enough to
do this. Once I called my accountant,
I was told to ignore the call as the IRS
NEVER calls. They write letters. He said
that he was in the process of writing a
letter to all of his clients pertaining to
these calls, as other clients had called
him just as I had.
I was relating this incident to my
son later. He told me that his business
partner’s parents had gotten the same
call in Dallas. They sent in $2,000 that
they were told to send. A week later,
they were told to send another $2,000,
but they called their son who thought
that this sounded like a scam, and of
course it was. Please tell your friends
about this. Older generations seem to
react just as I did, except that some of
them are being duped out of thousands of dollars by ‘scum thugs’ who
don’t want to earn an honest living.
What a way to begin one’s morning!
I’d so much rather start the day with a
beautiful new piece of fabric that will
eventually be made into a wall hanging or a quilt for someone. A friend
of mine asked me the other day how
I got a quilt started. Usually it takes a
casual walk through a fabric store, or
through a museum of art and the quilting urge is turned loose! I can hardly
wait to get home to my sewing room.
My granddaughter was visiting this
past week and got me all set up on
“Pinterest” on my iPad. What a hoot that
is! If you’re not familiar with it, look at
the app on your phone with that name
and just see what all is available to you
for ideas. It is truly amazing.
I’m starting a new project for Christmas: a crazy patchwork stocking for
my little puppy to be hung on the
mantle with other stockings. There are
so many animal prints available right
now that it v