I’m nearly finished with the fold-up brim of another hat on the KB Flexee fine-gauge loom.
I wanted to do a longer blog but I still need to play recorders before bed.
I hope you all had a good, thought-filled Labor Day. The seeming end of summer. Usually, I get to this point kicking and screaming. I usually love summer the most. But this year I can’t wait for rain and snow and clean air.
Another look at pins.
its Saturday again and time for LindaGHill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday.Our Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “pin.” Use it as a noun, use it as a verb, use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
One of my sisters was a fashion designer in heriio working days . Of course she worked her way up but designer she was and she traveled the world, New York, Hong Kong, China, Lyon, Paris, Milan, Belfast, London. When I was a little girl I would put a coloured pin in the map to plot her progress. She always looked like a fashion plate to me, she still does, there’s a kind of elegance about her that hard to pin down.
As bright as a new pin that was always her. Even now with her fingers bent and gnarled by arthritis she is as sharp as…
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Another view of ‘pin’.
Linda is the host of Stream Of Consciousnesses Saturday
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “pin.”Use it as a noun, use it as a verb, use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
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When ever I am too busy to read through all the posts of the bloggers I follow, I save them to read later and comment on them. You can say I put a pin in it and come back to it later.
Keeping something on hold, to return to it later takes the stress out of the situation. We don’t need to do it right now. We can address the issue later when we have more time or are mentally more relaxed.
I did the same with the prompt for this post, I put a pin in it and saved it to write today.
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#SoCS
An exercise in this book was inspiring today. The section is about procrastination and perfection and how these things stop the creative process. The instructions were to write five sentences about a superhero and a cat stuck in a burning building.
Here are my five.
Frodo is my daughter’s cat who is afraid of me. Just for clarification.
Now the thing I have to do is rewrite this to perfection. Stay tuned. Maybe by next Wednesday I’ll have a better story.
Now is is the superhero I saw on Grey’s Anatomy (yes, I’m bingeing it again)
For future reference post cataract surgery…
Ready for a surprise?
The title of this post contains two links. The link on the first part of the text is to the post itself; this is quite normal. However, there’s a second link at the end, on the bracketed text, that should take you to the ‘caveats’ section below. (I’m assuming that you’re reading this in a standard web browser, not in the WordPress Reader.)
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Fandango is the host of Fandango Provocative Question
Welcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question.
I recently read some interesting statistics regarding how Americans perceive climate change. In a poll by The Economist/YouGov, 72% of Democrats believe governments can take actions to slow climate change, compared with only 24% of Republicans.
More than 80% of Democrats, half of independents, and less than a third of Republicans believe that human activity is warming the planet. Two-thirds of Republicans say massive wildfires, prolonged droughts, and severe hurricanes are events that “just happen from time to time.”
So with this in mind, my provocative question this week is this…
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To my mind, this is no brainer!
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Restrictions are being lifted all over the world. Do you feel it’s safe to go out and mingle in crowds in light of the Pandemic?
Social anxiety means this has been more comfortable for me than most. The thought of getting out there, especially with the Delta variant kicking folks out even when vaccinated, makes me more scared to go out.
What are some things that are okay to occasionally do but definitely not okay to do every day?
In my life, the best way to form a habit is doing something daily. When the gym instructors say to do something three times a week, I know that it will fail. On the other hand, if I don’t want something to stick with me, like chips or sugar, I choose not to have it at all now. No habit is worth that pain of getting it out of my life, to begin with.
Would you relocate for love (romantic or otherwise)?
I have moved far more than the 11 times I’ve heard are common these days. I love moving to new places. So if the opportunity came, yes, I’d move again. My parent lived in the same house for most of my life. I can’t understand how people do that.
Do you believe in any conspiracy theories (no judgment)?
I believe in science and logic. If, in fact, a view is either one political point or the other, I question it. Are there space aliens here on earth? I suppose it is possible, but why would someone so advanced to make it here come here? If they want to take over the planet, they need only wait as we gradually destroy it ourselves.
GRATITUDE PORTION (Optional to participate, as always)
Please share something sweet (take that as you want)
I am so grateful for the health I am gradually bringing back into my life and the doctor who prescribed an antibiotic over a year ago. Since that point, the pain that made my bones feel like they would explode quit happening. I don’t know what caused all of that or how it was that drug solved it, but I have been feeling better and better. The new energy gives me a way to continue getting more healthy. Either vicious cycle downward or healthy recreation.
Making music. My housemates and neighbors may disagree.
My free classes ended last Thursday. It was fun having a Zoom class making progress through elementary music.
I am a music major so I can read music, no problem. Well, except for the eyes that have problems seeing. But recorder music is only one line. As opposed to four or more in piano music. So recorder is easier.
Without the black and white keys I have had to learn finger positions. Seems easy enough. Except fingers, my fingers are short and have a hard time reaching.
Maintaining breath while hitting the notes and trying to keep time present challenges.
Any of you who had to take recorder classes in school might remember the screeching noises of the soprano recorder.
So I am attempting to learn the alto, too. I love it’s rich smooth sounds. But my hands hurt after more than few minutes playing.
All the music time cuts my knitting time. So the socks are just two inches from being done. Maybe this week they’ll be complete.
What are you making?
So today was a busy one.
I got up way later that I hoped. Still it wasn’t too hot so Kali and I walked our mile. She was so slow. I don’t know what was up. She usually loves her walks. So it was way slower than usual. My app didn’t record it. I listened to a podcast that my daughter introduced me to. It kept my mind busy so the walk was painless.
My friends and I have challenged each other to watch all of Marvel Universe in timeline order. My husband has joined. We are now on Ironman 3. I think this is my favorite of the Ironmen. By the way, you can find this order on Disney +.
I seem more tired since getting back. I had to take a nap. I usually do well on a 20 minuter. But I went far over. I was 1/2 hour late for my recorder class.
Luckily, I have a few lessons on my own before finding the class so it was review. I’m sure my advance will fade in the next two lessons. It was fun to be in a class with second graders to folks my age. I think that is the best kind of class. Be on the level of learning not peer groups.
Within a 1/2 hour of the end of recorder class was my writers group. I love the people in that group. Such a creative bunch. There are published authors to challenge all of us.
Now back to Ironman.
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