'only the good' friday

hard to believe another friday has rolled around :) and this is the friday before our thanksgiving here in america. i want to take a moment to be thankful for the folks who read my blog and appreciate the time and energy it takes to create what i do. and i am thankful that there are so many creative folks out there with immense talent. thank you for making the world a bit more beautiful.

i have the heartsy throw well under way and i am working the victorian throw- the foundation for it. i lost track of time this week- but i did manage to send out the sunflower throw to its new owner. :) i will be working and keeping pictures up as best i can as i go along. thanks again to everyone who has helped me on the path to success. :)

october reflections

i have spent the last few days in reflection- attempting to parse and catalog feelings, memories and emotions. yeah, that's all :) i really think that our ability to store lifelong memories is one of the traits that makes us uniquely human. many higher cognitive mammals have memories and they have the ability to communicate with sophistication but humans have taken it that one step further.

so, i have been trying to reconcile past, present and future and it's a daunting task. where i am now is being weighed against where i came from and i have been looking towards the future with a bit of trepidation for some time. reconnecting with friends from the past; researching my ancestry; looking at what i have now, and interacting with my family- has been a bit taxing. probably why i got sick and one reason it is lingering.

as i scrolled through my high school choir site and looked at faces that don't match one hundred percent with my memories, it brought home for me that irritating piece of buddhism that i constantly fight- the world and life is in constant change. sigh. chatting with folks i knew well 15 years ago and seeing where their lives took them drove that point home. and here i am- working on contentment within my own life and trying to make a soothing ebb and flow with past and present.

so, life is good but i am still processing how to articulate the synthesis i am experiencing. i suppose i could go all stream of consciousness but i know i have never been a big fan :) so, enjoy the weekend- i will be working on the retro ripple :)

only the good friday

mmm... light dusting of snow here last night- i have a feeling it's going to be a cold winter. i am on the mend so, i will have to jump back into the groove with both feet. but not today :) i am thankful that this week is over- but the good thing is- i got to bond with friends over at facebook. i am not a big fan of the government having access to personal info and using facebook as a trolling place- but at this late stage of the game, if they don't have my info or every other americans'- you would have to be a hermit.

so, that's where i have been- feel free to click on the badge on the sidebar and come on over. i intend to get back to crocheting next week- i still have a brand new van morrison cd i haven't listened to and i have to prepare for my craft fair at the end of the month. i have to thank my husband (not for making me sick in the first place :) for making me tea and sandwiches and soup this week and for understanding the fact that he had to buy his lunch all week. :)

don't forget to stop by shelly's to get more info on only the good fridays. namaste.

only the good fridays

it has been awhile since i have been around- i have been busy playing cafe world on facebook :) the good news is- mr. betmo is on the mend and i am getting my car fixed today- fingers crossed. it has been a long week and i am looking forward to the weekend to regroup. i think i will take the weekend and get back into crochet mode as i have a craft fair coming up the first sunday in november. i have to get prepared for it. hope everyone is keeping healthy and gearing up for the holiday season :) and yes, i said it. if you are a crafter, you can't wait until the last minute to think about the yuletide season. ho ho ho.... and all that....

feel free to leave a link to your good friday post in the comments if you want. enjoy the weekend- and as always, stop by shelley's for more info.

good lord! it's friday!

this week went by a bit fast for me. i lost track of what day it was :) but, it's time for only the good friday. mmmm..... i can't complain- my life is good overall. as long as i pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist, i pretty much have the perfect life :) therein lies the rub doesn't it?

anyhoo, i got an updated library card this week and have taken out books on my heritage. my father's mother was a part of the seneca nation and i am hoping to find out about the 5 nations. it saddened me to know that many ancient artifacts were lost during a 1911 fire at the museum in albany but for now, the books survive. much of the work done on the history of the 'iroquois' nations was done in the early twentieth century which is commendable. but, the Haudenosaunee, 'people of the longhouse,' were long gone as a power by then. the european invasion wiped them out through war and greed. it's the same tired story of greed and betrayal- the haudenosaunee assisted the british against the french in the 'french and indian wars' and sided with the americans in the revolution and were repaid by having their land taken from them in various 'treaties.'

the books i took out were written in a time period that was- oh, let's say not politically correct- so, that in and of itself is interesting. these were folks who were sympathetic to the five nations and the way they presented them was, well, ethnocentric to say the least. since they are library books, i can't write in them as i do in my books- i call it active reading ;)- so, i have to do things the old fashioned way and take notes. something i haven't done since college. should be fun.

reading thoreau at bedtime. he is a hoot! i don't know that he and i would have gotten on famously- he was a bit theatrical and melodramatic with a flair for sarcasm ;) but we would have had pleasant conversation about nature and gardening and politics. he didn't care much for the state or for conventional thinkers. so, life is full. haven't really been working on the retro ripple this week although i said i would. haven't been in the mood. it was 80 degrees and muggy one day. no good for crochet.

don't forget to take a peek at shelly's- and if you want, feel free to leave a linky to your post in the comments.

only the good friday

the blue ice throw is done! i called it 'the throw that never ended' because every time i thought i was done adding border- there was another round. but it was definitely worth it :) i started this throw because i wanted to try making strips instead of squares. i liked it. the popcorn stitches i profiled below add texture but they also create warmth. this throw is solid! nice and dense- heavy to hold in warmth.

the pillow was supposed to be a snowflake throw with matching pillow but the stitch style- one with post stitches- was tough for me. i figured them out but the way i needed to move my wrist made my tendonitis flare up and there was no way i was going to make 100+ squares in that stitch. i compromised and made enough for the pillow :) i am happy with the results.

please drop by my etsy shop and take a closer look :)

only the good friday

today is one of those perfect late summer days- not too hot but plenty of sunshine. i am still not operating at 100% and my husband is telling me to take tomorrow off- which i just might do. my sister is on a more regular schedule at work- so it's a wee less stressful for her in that regard- so that's good. i am working to finish another project and have started another- which is actually quite fun for me- as i am learning another stitch.

overall life is good. have not been paying much mind to the world these days- the die has been cast and i am living each day as if it was mine alone. i regret i haven't been making the rounds as much as i would like- i do miss my blog buddies :) perhaps when summer is over and folks move it back inside- we can all get together and catch up.

don't forget to drop by shelly's for 'only the good' friday info- and post. thornie and spadoman may or may not have a post up- but check them out for good posts anyway. as always, if you want to leave a link to your post in the comments- feel free.