Dearest Gentle Quilter, The Italians have turned doing nothing into an art form. They call it relaxing. We Americans are much too busy, too goal oriented, to do nothing, or to waste an afternoon drinking wine and discussing current events. If you choose to embrace your inner Italian and do nothing, you are no worse off than you are now; everything is status quo. But you are no better off either; everything is status quo. A lot of us resist change. That’s normal. I tend to do