Been thinking about regret lately
REM – running off on a whim
looking back now i can see that i was afraid so very often
we fight for control
until our dusk, exhaustion claim us
settling in
it has been a nice spring (or pre-spring if you are a stickler for that sort of thing) day here. I feel like Q and I need to rest – we have been out of our routine for the past few weeks. It is nice to redefine what that routine can be.
I plan out my garden, hopeful
Squint into the newly, warmer sun
Preparing.
i owe someone two potholders
perhaps these dollhouse ones? i need some inspiration!
ETA: I also owe my grandfather a scarf – this he’d like this one?
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oops
I might have just accidentally invited everyone in my email address book to join facebook. Is this even possible?
I am feeling incredibly embarassed right now.
I have an excuse…I was all in a flutter over a knitting pattern. This one for a vintage nightcap. I hadn’t come across it before and was dazzled. Makes me want to become a careful knitter for I am a slow, lazy, sloppy knitter.
I cannot imagine something on those TINY needles.
I also blame the laundry. For my lack of concentration. It is a good scapegoat.
Here I go again
I am forever starting knitting projects that drive me crazy. I mutter under my breath about them. My husband wonders why I knit but… my dear grandfather needs a scarf so I am going to attempt this.
It looks interesting enough but I fear small needles. I really do. I am thinking of using Rowan extra fine merino as a substitute.
I am also trying to knit a hat for my father, one for Stacy and a jellyfish for Quinton. Plus several sewing projects are knocking on the door of my conscience.
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What I need to do
Quinton has been sick and recovering for a few days which has thrown off my energy level. We have had a rough few nights of sleep and boy was it hard to do anything.
But – as Stacy just pointed out, the refrigerator smells. He added this to a conversation Quinton initiated about how no monsters would come to our house due to his light saber, his collection of stuffed snakes that double as impressive whips, and the giant pile of laundry and dirty dishes.
Therefore, I need to make a list to accompany my late-night online viewing of 30 Rock and The Office.
Make feta
Make yogurt
Restart Kombucha
Make lunch for tomorrow
Begin dinner for tomorrow
Start bread
Make SCD muffins
Wipe fridge!
Make apple butter
Make ghost costume and shield
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Tomatoes
I bought a bushel today from the farmer we usually purchase our chickens from. My own garden was to be blunt a disappointment to me in many ways this year. I had really wanted to produce and process all the tomatoes we would need until next summer. But I did not meet that goal. I have decided to just accept it and put by tomatoes grown not far away.
So far I have the better part of the first half bushel simmering down and am taking a break from cleaning the kitchen. I may or may not can them tonight.
It feels good to do this work. It is important work; work I feared I would not get to.
I cannot find my camera battery! Or I would post images. I have been a Class A Airhead lately. Too much gluten, too few veggies, I presume.
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we create through story
here at our house we are constantly in the midst of a story. Some moments I am teller; others I am strictly audience. And in yet even others our roles shift and move as we all chip in to tell a tale together.
Today I finally realized this is our creative energy.
So often I find myself, reading blogs, feeling low or down or inadequate about the lack of creativity. It sometimes seemed to me that my day to day life with Quinton didn’t measure up to the accomplishments and endeavors of others.
But today, I watched and learned. And listened. And I realized that in my family we create through story. I just hadn’t noticed it before. It permeates the daylight and especially the evening hours. Sometimes, we read the stories of others but so often the tale is one of our own collective imaginings. And our lives are richer for it.
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Infinite Summer
I have begun reading Infinite Jest as a part of the Infinite Summer project. I have been keeping notes and will post them to the forum and here on a weekly basis but my overwhelming first thoughts are, I cannot imagine editing this book.
It engaging and everything I thought it would be so far…