It was a rather somber weekend here in light of the news of the past week – it seemed a bit wrong to be overly excited about a weekend when you take into consideration the families whose lives were forever altered last week.
But, there were meals shared and we caught up on The Great British Baking Show, which is perhaps the best cooking competition show ever.
There was spinning, which was most meditative.
There was a minute amount of knitting (3 rows on the last clue for the Mystery Shawl)
I crossed an item off my summer bucket list – I treated myself to a pedicure on Sunday and my feet are so happy about it!
I “taught” (Thanks YouTube!) myself some rudimentary crochet skills this weekend so I can make a little something for a certain someone who is turning ONE this month. To all those people who say it is much faster than knitting – these 2 squares took me hours to make. So, crochet for me is so not faster than knitting, so this is not likely to be completed before the big day. Also, instructions that have multiple country abbreviations are likely to cause problems. I have simplified the pattern (by printing out the US only instructions, omitting the UK instructions which are not the same but, really – why aren’t crochet terms universal?) Anyways, I think I am on track now, and I have started another block and it is full steam ahead!
I also read and read and read! Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda. What amazing dialog, what fantastic photos! What incredible history! And, I am using it for a square on my Book Bingo – Nonfiction in a graphic novel format. Last week Carole helped me out with a suggestion for ‘A literary magazine or journal.’ I read the latest issue of The New Yorker as well this weekend. I am now sufficiently immersed in all things political (I hope you can read the sarcasm here as apparently, politics has become life as we know it!) I am also almost done with A Man Called Ove – I should have it finished tonight at the very latest. This has me excited, because I have some very good things in my Kindle queue!
Here is hoping that this week will be much kinder and gentler everywhere.
How was your weekend? Care to share?
I would be glad to be completely unaware of politics and bad news, but I don’t think my ignorance would be bliss. Thank goodness the bad stuff is well-tempered with lots of good stuff, like your weekend collage and book bingo card! I love your crochet colors and hope you enjoy Ove as much as I did.
My heart was so heavy all weekend and I confess to being immersed in the stories. I want to know, I need to know, I wish for better, I want to work for better. My weekend was quiet and I mostly read, enjoyed and loved the peace. Time away from the office is truly lovely.
I agree with you on the seriousness surrounding all of our actions and thoughts this weekend. We proceeded with our usual weekend stuff but had many conversations about racism and bigotry and how it manifests itself in our world. I wish we had come up with solutions.
Is there a graphic novel version of Hamilton? I’ve only seen the tome with the lyrics and essays and photos.
I want to see hamilton so badly but I’m just too cheap to pay the money and too lazy to watch for a sale (truth!!). So maybe in 10 years I’ll see it! Love your pedicure and I was unplugged from news streams and it was wonderful to get just bits and pieces of the sadness.
Well, today I was able to find the comment form! I must have just been dim last week!;)
I, too, hope this is a better week for the world. So much tragedy lately.
I have tried to teach myself crochet with no success, so you should be proud that you at least figured it out!