Barbara Emodi > Quotes

“I don’t need to meditate. I just look at the ocean.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Getaway

“For a while, it had seemed that Rankin’s, like many family-owned stores in rural Nova Scotia, was doomed to be swept away by the Walmarts and progress. But then we noticed how people from away valued our traditional handcrafts. That led me to set up a retail space in the store’s underused upstairs. We call it Gasper’s Cove Crafters: A Community Co-op, a place where anyone in the community who made things (which described most of us) could sell on consignment.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting an Alibi

“I didn't know how, but creating something always seemed to lift the worries and tension from my soul and take them away.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Getaway

“When I saw how people lived down here, I realized you shouldn’t need a retreat from your own life…Making things, even in a world when there is so much to buy, isn’t a time waster. It is a lifesaver.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Getaway

“I went over to the pantry and found a box of Morse’s Tea, the official consolation beverage of Nova Scotia since 1870. I picked up the kettle and filled it at the deep, stainless-steel, industrial-sized sink. While I waited for the water to boil, I found a tin of shortbread and put enough for four people onto a plate. Emotional breakdowns are no time to be skimpy with baked goods.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Cold Case

“Some of us are made to have our palates cleansed. And others of us are born to wipe donair sauce from our chins.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Cold Case