Ranting Knitter

Woah.  Okay.  No posts for a solid few months.  Do I ignore my web absence and go about the blogs as though nothing has happened?  Or do I explain the absence however long and unintended it was?

I would have such a guilty conscience to ignore my lengthy absence.  Where to begin?

I’m getting my life in an awesome order.  I’m feeling the good vibes all the way.  Working The Secret into my every day life and it’s working!  Who would have thought?

I’ve been reading a variety of books.  I don’t critique them too much.  I read everything: the goods and bads.  I need to exercise all parts of my mind and imagination.  And what better way to do so than with a story spurred by someone else’s imagination?  I love it.  Beats watching soaps all day.

More importantly to me, I’ve been traveling.  I am having an absolute blast.  I have been to a few places and done a few things.  My traveling companions deserve a great deal of credit for the amount of fun that I have where ever I go.  And I get so excited waiting for my next big excursion!

And photography.  I have been snapping quite often.  Though, I haven’t been good about uploading all my pics to flickr, I’ll get there.

I have had a nice break away from a hectic world.  I re-energized my spirit.  And now, it’s time to get down to what matters.  I’ll get back to you on that last bit…

I cannot believe that I have not written ONE THING for the month of April. Something Freudian going on? Doubtful. I utilized the past month to concentrate more on me. Yes, I should have been writing all along, but honestly, I wasn’t feeling anything. I came up with a few ideas here and there, but nothing really stuck.

I will tell you what I did find: photography. In particular, black and white photography. I enrolled in a class where I am able to develop my own prints. I am quite intrigued and would thoroughly enjoy doing this for the rest of my life, provided that I gain more of a clue as to what I am doing.

Photography may very well be the next best thing for me. Not proclaiming myself as the next Ansel Adams, I do enjoy art and if I am able to create art (other than knitting) well, hell, then why not?

I am not putting my knitting aside. Actually, I signed up for Sock Wars 3 - I am so nervous!! But, I am thoroughly looking forward to it. I can just hear myself now: turning down a date because I have to knit a pair of socks before I am assassinated! What a great excuse!!

My knitting has picked up some (no pun intended). Within reason. I am sure there are many knitters out there that always wish they could knit more. I am one of them. I’ll be more than happy just to finish at least one project a month. My secret? Netflix and Podcasts. I have a pathetic number of movies in my Queue, as well as a number of subscriptions to podcasts. Of course there are a few on photography. ; )

Speaking of…I need to figure out my gauge for Sock Wars 3….