I am still slowly working on my Helena sweater for Phoebe. Haven't made too much progress since last week, but since I am not totally excited about knitting another sweater right now, I sort of figured that would happen. Plus, life has been getting in the way of knitting these days. I am looking for a quicker knit to start up, maybe a simple hat for me for our summer camping trips, but I haven't taken much time to think about it or to chose a pattern. Although, funny thing, I had a dream last night that I was knitting myself a very simple hat, not from a pattern, so maybe that is a sign?Maybe I just need something I don't have to think much about, something that my hands can take over while giving my brain a rest?
On the reading front, I am still slowly absorbing Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest. I just can't seem to make much headway because I keep running into other things that I need to read more urgently. Still making my way through The Urban Homestead, which has been perfect to bring while I have been teaching Finn's preschool. In those rare moments where all is quiet, I am sometimes able to get through a page or two, and since the book is divided into very small sections, it works perfectly.
I have also started (and have been devouring) Raising Your Spirited Child. Just like when I read The Highly Sensitive Child, I am finding that this book explains Finn so exactly-- all of his 'quirks' and things that make him different from other children, yet still completely normal. It is nice to be able to know that I am not the only one out there dealing with these same issues. And, last night, Finn and I started to read The Inventions of Huge Cabret. It is the book that the film Huge was based off of, and it is a book unlike any I have seen. Lots of pictures, but also words. It does make the book go by very quickly. Finn and I read almost 80 pages before bed last night!
What are you reading? What are you knitting?
That book "Raising Your Spirited Child" sounds like one I could have used a few years back whe my youngest was little and somewhat "high maintenance." After raising four children and now with five grandchildren, I knew that there are many,many variations on what is "normal." That book "The Inventions of Hugo Cabret" also sounds interesting. I am plodding through a bit of "self-improvement" non-fiction right now. Good stuff, just not fast reading. Happy Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteI have Raising your spirited child on my list to read, glad to hear you are enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteI have been getting my hands dirty in the garden and my knitting well, I will get to it again soon :)
I read Spirited Child too. It is wonderful and I have learned so much from it. The sweater does look pretty already. Here's hoping things calm down a bit. :)
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