Have you been crazy busy too? It's nuts, isn't it – how busy we all are? That's why I haven't posted in the last few days. I could go through the litany of what I've been up to: sewing together half square triangles until I could just scream, there's Mom doings, grandkid doings, preparing for the house remodel, you get the idea. The good news is that I am making progress on multiple fronts and am feeling a little less cranky.

I'm going to take the easy way out today and give you links to some great things I've found online. First, a list of 21 beautiful phone apps. I've downloaded some. My favorite is Overgram, which lets you add words to an Instagram image:

While I was sewing the endless string of HSTs, I listened to some excellent TED Talks. This one, by Dan Ariely, is about what motivates us to work. I will remember this.

And the next talk is about how health care ought to be, by Eric Dishman. It caught me as I was worrying about a new spot on my arm. I found out yesterday that it is what my mom calls a 'liver spot'. No worries. But there was a brief period this weekend when I was thinking about melanoma and I really wanted our health care system to be what Mr. Dishman describes.

If you have time, there is a nice group of 8 TED talks, all linked together. Click here. I've listened to half of them and look forward to hearing the rest. Now I am going to sit down and applique for a couple of hours. Oh happy day!