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  We woke to snow.  Falling…sidewise?  Yes, sidewise.  It wasn’t really a surprise, we’ve been expecting snow to come any day now, since the end of October.  It hasn’t been as warm as autumn last year, and it has been less dry, which is a blessing.  I don’t know if there has been enough rain…

  Swedish Snowflake, threaded as two blocks on a 16 shaft loom I got 17 towels (16 ‘good’, one with a threading error) off the warp I just cut off the loom yesterday.  There was still some warp left on the beam, but I would have been playing ‘yarn chicken’ if I’d tried to weave…

  It is now 10.5 weeks since falling and the new reality I am living.  It has been a time of transition, including anger, acceptance (still working on that one) and adjustments.  It has been a time of self examination and acceptance (still working on that one, too.) In light of the surgeon’s comments and…

  Life’s roller ride continues… There are so many people who are struggling with their particular roller coaster ride of life.  I am slowly pulling myself out of the funk I got into after the brain surgery.  I’ll be clear, here, I’m still struggling with the fall out of the fall down. My life, already…

  Most ‘hobbies’ seem to come with rules/opinions formed by the people who practice the hobby in question.  All of them have ‘opinions’, and sometimes those opinions are at the complete opposite to each other.  The problem is when those ‘opinions’ turn into concrete ‘rules’. Every craft has this phenomenon, and generally they are held…

  Somehow, without my noticing, it has turned into deep autumn and winter is not far away now. The other morning the windshield was covered with frost.  Which isn’t a surprise at this time of year – in fact it is ‘late’, truth be told. This year winter, for me, is going to be another…

  Everything seems to take ages and I get so frustrated that I can’t seem to get myself in check.  But truthfully I don’t have the energy to do much.   Between the two of us, Doug is driving me everywhere because I’m still not driving yet.  So when I go somewhere, he comes too. But…

  My life is over run with appointments, along with a dearth of energy.  No matter how much I tell myself it’s ok, it doesn’t feel like it. This week one or other – or both – of us have appointments, one of them the flu shot, to be followed in a few weeks by…

  I keep looking at the calendar, wondering where the past weeks have disappeared to.   I am still dealing with whip lash issues in my jaw and neck.  I still have less energy than I had before I fell, and while I was thought I was tired then, I’m even more tired now. And yet. …

  Yesterday I started to weave.  The physiotherapist wants me to cut waaaaaay back – it has been 7 weeks, after all – and given I was doing two 45 minute sessions (most) days, I was instructed to dial way back in order to build my muscles back up, again. Mostly, I am so woefully…