Like many of you, I'm still reeling from the election, still unable to wrap my head around so many of my fellow Americans voting for such a disgraceful, lying, racist, misogynistic, foul-mouthed, self-centered man who admires and befriends dictators and threatens to take our country in that direction. A convicted felon, a rapist ... is this really the best the GOP had to offer? Really?
As a felon, he can't even enter Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom among other countries! It'll be interesting to see how that goes, since he owns a golf course in Scotland.
Like a lot of you, I'm trying to heal by stitching, stitching, and more stitching until my hands ache.
I've been working on my little Christmas trees, taking joy in the colors and meditative stitching.
I'm diverging from the pattern by substituting beads and my own stitches for a lot of the stitches used by Sue Spargo.
I love how these green drop beads glow on the velvet rick-rack.
There are a LOT of little wool circles on these trees, so I'm glad I have my hole punch. I can whack out dozens of tiny circles in minutes. These purple ones are a quarter inch in diameter, which I can't fathom cutting out with scissors.
I'm also seeking solace in the desert. Nature always heals, and I'm so grateful to live right on the edge of so many desert mountain trails. Today Barb and I hiked the Linda Vista Trail, only half a mile from my house, and two days ago we hiked at Catalina State Park.
In the evenings I've been reading instead of watching the news.
I just finished "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles, for which I was on the library's waiting list three months. It was excellent but bittersweet.
I just started "City of Girls" for book club and I'm totally engrossed. It's by Elizabeth Gilbert, the "Eat, Pray, Love" author. Interestingly, both books focus on young single women living and working in New York in the early part of the 20th century.
My little Juniper loves books, which makes me happy.
I've also started collecting images that I find comforting, and I realized that many of them include books.
So, I'll continue my sew, hike, read prescription for healing and recouping for whatever lies ahead.
Have a colorful day
1 comment:
Sherrie, I'm with you. We'll get through this but not sure what it will look like. I've quit watching news, just get a bit on the Internet. I don't need to know every negative outcome we'll see soon enough. My genealogy and my art helps me, and being their for my friends. I've decided to start reading some light stuff again. I love your little trees. Sending you a hug.
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