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darchildre) wrote2022-12-15 01:53 pm
darchildre) wrote2022-12-15 01:53 pm
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Things:
- The other day, I was doing some mending and came to a realization - I actually quite like sewing. I just dislike using a sewing machine*, and I don't care to do embroidery. Which is why I've spent the last few days reading about English paper piecing. It sounds like it has a lot of aspects I would enjoy (quiet and slow, modular, portable, can be used to make useful things and more particularly blankets), so I'm going to start a small project to see if I actually like it. I'm very excited about it.
- My concerts last weekend went very well - well attended, enthusiastic audiences, we finally sort of managed to make our most troublesome piece sound good. A few of my coworkers came, which was lovely if unexpected. It was very nice to sing for an audience again.
- I'm planning a casual** reading project for next year where I read a lot of classic scifi that, for one reason or another, I've never gotten around to before. I've made a big idiosyncratic list (including which of my various libraries have ebook copies) and I think I'm going to just roll dice or something to pick titles as I go.
- We've reached the point in December when time stops feeling like a real thing. I feel unmoored from the calendar, but in a peaceful sort of way. It might snow early this week and a snow day or two would be a really pleasant addition to this feeling - fingers crossed.
*They are loud, fiddly, stuck in one place, and the motor smells unpleasant when it's working.
**Previous attempts at reading projects have taught me that if I actually assign titles and deadlines, I will never read the assigned books, even if I really want to. My brain rebels. Thus the big list that I don't have to read in any sort of order.
- The other day, I was doing some mending and came to a realization - I actually quite like sewing. I just dislike using a sewing machine*, and I don't care to do embroidery. Which is why I've spent the last few days reading about English paper piecing. It sounds like it has a lot of aspects I would enjoy (quiet and slow, modular, portable, can be used to make useful things and more particularly blankets), so I'm going to start a small project to see if I actually like it. I'm very excited about it.
- My concerts last weekend went very well - well attended, enthusiastic audiences, we finally sort of managed to make our most troublesome piece sound good. A few of my coworkers came, which was lovely if unexpected. It was very nice to sing for an audience again.
- I'm planning a casual** reading project for next year where I read a lot of classic scifi that, for one reason or another, I've never gotten around to before. I've made a big idiosyncratic list (including which of my various libraries have ebook copies) and I think I'm going to just roll dice or something to pick titles as I go.
- We've reached the point in December when time stops feeling like a real thing. I feel unmoored from the calendar, but in a peaceful sort of way. It might snow early this week and a snow day or two would be a really pleasant addition to this feeling - fingers crossed.
*They are loud, fiddly, stuck in one place, and the motor smells unpleasant when it's working.
**Previous attempts at reading projects have taught me that if I actually assign titles and deadlines, I will never read the assigned books, even if I really want to. My brain rebels. Thus the big list that I don't have to read in any sort of order.