sewing buttercup meadows

sometimes the news is filled with soul-sucking sadness

and the best prescription for the numbing pain

is some sewing therapy.

thank you vermont meadows,
thank you buttercups,

thank you lotta jansdotter fabric,

thank you bernina,
for this perfect collision.

(do you remember princess buttercup

 from the princess bride?)

our summer table has eight new napkins,

four of each print.

remember the old story that if you held a buttercup under
someone's chin you could see if they liked butter?