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I had fun with crochet this weekend, making a mug cosy for Christine so that her cup of tea isn't quite ice cold when i hand it to her hours after i started drinking the pot. Acrylic doesn't seem to retain heat: i assume wool is better. However, for experimenting and household decor items i have a stash of Lion Brand Vanna's Choice to work down.
Interweave press, a craft press, is having a sale, and i bought a downloadable video to watch. I was surprised how, even thought i was poking at other internet things as the video ran (there was some repetition in the instruction), i feel i learned a great deal. I did take extensive notes with screen grabs of different patterns. I was so delighted on Saturday, that i bought more of the on sale videos (all $6-8) on Sunday for future learning.
One other thing about the extensive crochet day was that on Sunday morning i was able to substantially break the Yam-resistance on a number of Meeting responsibilities and get through a stack of to dos. I am left with a stack of things i feel some guilt about: things i did not get to during my tenure on some committees, things incomplete.
I don't recall ever, since leaving school, having a sense of done-ness. There is always something. This is where the "conditions of enoughness" practice is supposed to help. As i write this, i am "grooming my backlog," in the jargon of agile management: looking at the lists of to-dos and deciding on the priorities, noting conflicts.
--==∞ And then the work day crashes in and i rush about ∞==--
Going out to the Devo concert tonight.
--==∞ And the work continues to crash in and i rush about and then i Go Out ∞==--
My ears are still ringing, and the late night didn't do me favors. Still they put on a great and powerful show. The second act -- it's really had to think of them as the opening act, although i guess they were -- did not seem to have quite so much energy. Specifics? Unfortunately the sonic distortion was so much that i have a hard time saying anything intelligible about the new music. I shall have to get the new album. I'm now motivated to get the new album, interested in their newer work and beyond just having a nostalgic interest, so i think that's a good sign.
Interweave press, a craft press, is having a sale, and i bought a downloadable video to watch. I was surprised how, even thought i was poking at other internet things as the video ran (there was some repetition in the instruction), i feel i learned a great deal. I did take extensive notes with screen grabs of different patterns. I was so delighted on Saturday, that i bought more of the on sale videos (all $6-8) on Sunday for future learning.
One other thing about the extensive crochet day was that on Sunday morning i was able to substantially break the Yam-resistance on a number of Meeting responsibilities and get through a stack of to dos. I am left with a stack of things i feel some guilt about: things i did not get to during my tenure on some committees, things incomplete.
I don't recall ever, since leaving school, having a sense of done-ness. There is always something. This is where the "conditions of enoughness" practice is supposed to help. As i write this, i am "grooming my backlog," in the jargon of agile management: looking at the lists of to-dos and deciding on the priorities, noting conflicts.
--==∞ And then the work day crashes in and i rush about ∞==--
Going out to the Devo concert tonight.
--==∞ And the work continues to crash in and i rush about and then i Go Out ∞==--
My ears are still ringing, and the late night didn't do me favors. Still they put on a great and powerful show. The second act -- it's really had to think of them as the opening act, although i guess they were -- did not seem to have quite so much energy. Specifics? Unfortunately the sonic distortion was so much that i have a hard time saying anything intelligible about the new music. I shall have to get the new album. I'm now motivated to get the new album, interested in their newer work and beyond just having a nostalgic interest, so i think that's a good sign.
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