In this Getting to Know You episode of Big Blend Radio's Quiltripping Travel with Rose Podcast, we pull up a chair at the Big Blend Media House kitchen table with travel writer and photographer Rose Palmer. Rose is a quilter, a world traveler and a retired chemist, and she answers the Super Seven questions while touring our new digital house with us.
Take a listen while Rose travels:
Meet the House Tour Guest
Rose loves the idea of touring a house by your interests, and she is already asking about the craft room. She and Lisa swap thoughts on why a sewing room and an art studio are best kept apart, and Rose can't wait to see what the neighborhood looks like when it's built together.
Spirit Animal: A Black Lab
Rose's spirit animal is a Black Lab, in memory of Chester, her first and only pet. She shares what made him so special and why she now enjoys her "grand pets," the dogs belonging to her daughter and her son.
From Chemistry to Continuous Improvement
Rose holds an advanced degree in chemistry. Over the years she taught at the college level, worked in research, supported manufacturing at a chemical plant and finished her career leading continuous improvement projects. She says that work tapped into her type-A side, since it followed a clear process for solving problems. She even shares the honors project in which she learned to distill alcohol from yeast and sugar.
Her Life Lesson: Take the Risk
Rose has always believed she could do anything she set her mind to, as long as she put in the time. Her science background taught her that most experiments don't work, and that what doesn't work points you toward what will. Mistakes are part of learning, and she sees it in her grandsons, too.
Bucket List: Keep Traveling
After two trips to Antarctica, Rose's wish for the next three to five years is simple: stay healthy enough to keep traveling. She loves the national parks, and she is headed back to Alaska soon.
Coming to America
Rose shares the story of arriving in the United States as a nine-year-old immigrant from Eastern Europe, with one suitcase each and parents who spoke little English. She talks about the courage it took, her father's dream of returning to his birth country, and how it taught her that nobody hands you success.
Theme Song, Dinner Table and a Dream Gelato Maker
Rose's theme song is Aretha Franklin's "Respect." At the dinner table she's happy with just about anything, and she'd choose pizza first. When Lisa asks what she'd like in the Media House, Rose says a gelato maker, and she shares how an Italian guide taught her to spot real gelato. We also learn why she keeps her sewing machine simple.
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