The Checkerboard Quilt
A Memory Collage of My 1960s Childhood
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On the back porch, we found an old trunk. I felt like a pirate with a treasure chest. Inside it were some beautiful old quilts but we found the real treasures tucked in the corners, wrapped in old handkerchiefs. There were two gold rings...There was a gold bracelet and two gold pendants set with pearls and sapphires.
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About the Book
Susanne Kessaris shares rich memories from her childhood spending happy summers with her grandparents. They modeled frugality and contentment through simple pastimes and activities. The book’s title recalls the hours she spent making checkerboard quilt squares with her grandmother. Susanne’s childhood was filled with many adventures: exploring jungle attractions in southern Florida, hunting for treasures in her grandparents’ basement, bug and bird-watching explorations as well as plant identification forays in her grandparents’ garden. Her imagination expanded through such creative playtimes. Memories of these special times awoke the author’s passion to raise awareness of how our modern overemphasis on technology has begun to affect relational and developmental growth in children. Her book offers activity ideas for children as an alternative to the use of digital gadgets for entertainment. In this “memory collage,” she shares some of her many exploits through her gift of storytelling.
About the Author
Susanne Kessaris, currently a bookkeeper in the family’s real estate appraisal business, has a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy with a psychology emphasis from UNC–Chapel Hill. She wrote Bagpipes, Planes, and Strings: A Woman’s Journey in Letting Go, available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. You can read Susanne’s blogs about gardening, decorating, and crafting on www.myfavoritepasttimes.wordpress.com, or follow her on Facebook. She and her husband have two grown children and live in South Carolina.