Beadagain

You can’t tell yet but it’s going to be a goat.

Book Corner 2024.50

by Charles M. Schulz

This may be Peak Peanuts. It’s definitely peak cuteness. Linus is still crawling when the year starts. Snoopy is starting to do “impressions”, but he’s still a dog.

This doesn’t look like it’s going to be one of my peak years for book reading, quantity-wise. WOLF HALL took up a shitload of time, and since then I seem to be abandoning long books halfway through. It’s hard to read other stuff after WOLF HALL.

Spinning Orange

Spinning orange. Nobody wants orange. I like orange, but this particular shade was not what I was going for. So naturally, this particular batch of mohair happened to be the most beautiful and easy to process. The lovely smoky dark stuff you see upper right, OTOH, was such a bitch I refused to go on after carding only four batts.

“You could have overdyed the orange, Tytania.” Jeezus, like I don’t have enough to do. I do intend to try blending some with brown.

Proud that I also motivated myself to sew a fleece lining into one of my knit hats, for warmth and snugger fit. Taking yesterday off was a GREAT idea.

Joy Dammit

NOW the Xmas shit can come out.

Book Corner 2024.49

by Ian McEwan

SPOILER

Two friends agree that if either one of them ever starts to go downhill, particularly mentally, the other will help him to end it all.

SPOILER NOW!

What happens then is they get into a big fight and hate each other. So each invites the other to meet up with him in Amsterdam; and each one has the other killed.