Newly retired, Dad waited by the front door to take my mom grocery shopping. “Tom, you can’t wear that,” Mom exclaimed. “Why? Don’t I match?” he asked. A fair question, since Dad was notoriously color ...

Over several weeks, she made a small quilt, three squares by two squares, with a design similar to a kite block pattern. For the pillow, she selected a dimensional bow tie block pattern. Brodersen cut ...