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Mardel
Although I think of myself as continually distracted, that is far from the truth. The problem is that when I am doing something I love, be it reading a book, listening to music, sewing, knitting, or just daydreaming, I am so totally focused that the intrusion of the world comes as something of a shock. I see myself as distracted because there are so many things pulling at my hearstrings, so many things in which to lose myself, so many things tempting away from my one true passion ..... of the moment.
Interests: music, knitting, art, cooking, movies, reading, sewing, bicycling
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I skipped a few months, but I will continue the count and, hopefully, fill in the middle one of these days. 45. A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire Book 5, George R. R. Martin. 46. Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh. 47. This is... Continue reading
Posted Oct 4, 2024 at restingmotion
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Hello Autumn! I welcome the arrival of fall, although the world feels oppressed with summer-like heat at the moment. Not summer. The days are shorter, the light different, the summer colors have long since begum to fade. I love the autumnal fade, the process of winding down and preparing for... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2024 at restingmotion
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A couple of years ago I was in a quilt shop in Bandera Texas when I spotted a camp shirt made out of cotton batik. The colors reminded me of the autumnal colors of Texas grasses and the limestone of the Texas hill country. I was reminded that once upon... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2024 at restingmotion
Truthfully I alternate between days (or weeks) of annoyance or interest in cooking and feeding myself. I am more interested in cooking, than I am in feeding myself. it is good therefore to have people over. But really this constant push pull between interest and annoyance seems to plague so many aspects of life. I suppose that is what it is, then, life.
Toggle Commented Jul 21, 2024 on In My Own little Corner at restingmotion
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This is one of my happy places. In the library, the corner where my desk sits. Of course I look out at all the books except the ones behind me, but it is easy to roll my chair around as needed. This corner houses my cookbook collection, or about half... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2024 at restingmotion
It seems of late that every time I sew there have been hits and misses and new size considerations. But the hits lure me onward.
Toggle Commented Jun 29, 2024 on Studio Update at restingmotion
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I've been tired today, too tired perhaps to trust myself working in the studio. Instead it has been a slow knitting and reading day, but I do want to make a progress report, so let's see if I can string words together. Most of my knitting time has been spent... Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2024 at restingmotion
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I've spent a lot of time in the garden this spring. Now that summer has officially arrived, it is too hot for me to be out but for the early morning hours. Still I am happy. I had a landscape crew do most of the heavy lifting, but the weeding,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2024 at restingmotion
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My knitting mojo has been restored. Not that it ever really left, but somehow knitting had slipped into a very low gear for a couple of months. Then I finished a sweater. I started a new project. Actually I started two new projects, and there is always something compelling about... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2024 at restingmotion
The problem with book posts is that very often there are books about which I have nothing to say. They may have been disappointments. I may have enjoyed reading the books, and even felt them to be useful, but still not found them so interesting that I wish to write... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2024 at restingmotion
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend! For me this weekend has been designated a weekend of rest following a particularly busy spring. More busy than I would prefer. Whether or not it has actually been busier than other springs may be up for debate, although I have certainly been more stressed than... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2024 at restingmotion
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I am still here. And there have been a lot of thoughts flitting through my head, some new, some old. Apparently I am living through a process of settling down into myself. I know I keep saying that, but I continually surprise myself, and so it bears repeating. Let's start... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2024 at restingmotion
Still playing catch-up. These are the books I read in March: 14. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice In Her Head, Warsan Shire (poetry) 15. How I Won A Nobel Prize, Julius Taranto (novel) 16. The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women, Elizabeth Norton (non-fiction) 17. How to Know a... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2024 at restingmotion
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I continue to feel over-tired, and over-scheduled. My ability to function is somewhat on the fritz this morning, so let's just settle for some pretty pictures. Flowers are blooming. I love the apricot iris, which was an end-of-season bargain-bin find. It has thrived in this spot and makes me happy... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2024 at restingmotion
You hammered the iron that lay on your anvil instead of dreaming about working silver. Continuing from where I left off with my January book post, these are the books I read in February 6. A Single Swallow, Ling Zhang. 7. Erasure, Percival Everett 8. The Path of Daggers, Robert... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2024 at restingmotion
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Still April. And another blog post. I should celebrate successes as they materialize. I am working on a book post, but it is coming slowly. This is primarily because I am still struggling with being over-tired, with doing too much, and learning to accept that normal, even at the still-tender... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2024 at restingmotion
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Hello. Welcome to my monthly blog post and a brand new peony. This is the first bloom of a new self-starting peony which appeared in my yard a couple of years ago, slowly growing every spring, disappearing in the heat of late summer, and slowly growing. I have a couple... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2024 at restingmotion
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I did say I would return in March although my intention had always been for early March. Missed that internal deadline, didn't I? It is no matter, somehow things always play out the best way they can. Or at least that is the view I choose to take on the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2024 at restingmotion
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This will be my last post for February, which has been a quiet month anyway, at least in terms of finishing things. I don't need to finish objects, there are more than enough things in my life as it is. Nonetheless there are quite a few piles here and there,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2024 at restingmotion
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Somehow I think I didn't cook as much in January as December. Perhaps my memory is faulty; in retrospect I cooked a lot in early January and then I went through a lull. Let's take a look back and see. I think January started off pretty strongly. I had a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2024 at restingmotion
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As I was dithering, putting off writing this post, I picked up a book to begin my next read. The Book is The Vulnerables, by Sigrid Nunez, and I found this quote on the first page: Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2024 at restingmotion
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Let me introduce you to Ausma! The pattern is Ausma by Inese Sang and is knitted using A Verb For Keeping Warm's yarn, Reliquary II. The yarn is lace weight, 80% merino, 20% silk. During 2020 - 2022, and even into 2023, I belonged to several mystery yarn and knitting... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2024 at restingmotion
Thank you Lisa! I bought that fabric as a lark and now I see it will be an incredibly useful thing to have.
Toggle Commented Feb 5, 2024 on January in Review at restingmotion
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I am a little late getting to this post, but I suppose a day late is better than not at all at this point. Yesterday was a busy morning with outside obligations, and my higher priority, even higher than writing you, was to finish knitting Ausma and get it blocked.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2024 at restingmotion
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I want to get caught up with 2023 before January ends, which means there will be no review of the remaining books on last year's list. Not that I am inclined toward toward such a task. I do, however, want to think about my favorite novels, and so I shall.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2024 at restingmotion