happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling
Yes, that’s right. I did knit in public. On a terrace, right in the middle of the town center, where lots and lots of tourists pass by. And it wasn’t scary at all. Why did I think it would be? I know, for most of you this is not a big deal. But for me…
I have moved my blog from wordpress.com to bluehost and have been trying to redirect both notastation.blog and notastation.wordpress.com to my new site. That kind of technical stuff is a bit above my paygrade, but I think I figured it out. If you see this post (and the rest of this blog with a new…
There has been progress, but not enough. Still, there’s time… I was thinking about how to get some good knitting time and then I realized some people knit during long car rides. I could do that… We’re going into town tonight for drinks and dinner. I usually prefer just sitting and looking at the surroundings…
I’ve been struggling to find peace and happiness in the normal of my days. Might be depression again, but I think (hope) there’s just too much for me to process right now. I spent my time either distracting myself with scrolling, reading, or working extremely focused on a single project. But with the photo book…
:: taking the picture above. Because I love looking at these tiny salamanders. And because that provided me with a picture for this post :: being done (or close to done) with the photobook project.It was fun working on it, but I got a little bit too absorbed in it. I started dreaming about making…
I keep telling myself there is enough time to finish this sweater, but the truth is that I won’t make the deadline at the rate I’m going. Somehow I can’t find the motivation to sit still and knit. I think my mind is a bit too much occupied with this and all the feelings I…
Two years ago, I helped my father sort through all his things when he moved to a single room in a care home (I wrote a little bit about that here, as I had just restarted this blog in that period). It was a sad time and very exhausting, but I’m so glad I did…
I was browsing through the pictures I took last week (and the week before, I guess, since there’s that full moon) and noticed so many pictures of beautiful skies. “Are the skies so beautiful lately and were they not before, or have I started noticing again?” I wondered outloud. “You started noticing again,” T. said…
This is what I’ve been knitting on this weekend. I know… where’s the sweater for my grandson? Well, I’ll tell you. But let’s talk about the new cast-on first. In my sad stash, I had a bag of very thin (fingering weight, I think) green wool. Or more accurate a 70% wool, 30% acrylic blend….
I took some pictures of the dining area in our kitchen last week. I really wanted to remember this space the way it was, knowing it was about to change a lot, and having mixed feelings about that. T. is slowly, but surely, working on the attic room. We think that room is one of…