Friday, July 24, 2020

I Think I'll Knit Faster Weekly Link Round-Up




Another quiet week, but quiet weeks aren't always good. I may have mentioned in an earlier round-up that I'm trying to keep things off my mind, and my "waters of Lethe" are reading and knitting. Well, I've finished a third afghan, and I'm about to start on another. When it starts taking me my usual two to three years to complete one, I think things will be back to normal.

I was looking for a graphic that portrayed my true feelings, but gave up. I didn't want to waste any more time, so I thought I'd share something that caught my eye. This is a reading station crafted by Charles Hindley and Company around the year 1890. It's got a lot going for it, but I think instead of two wingback chairs, build it a bit larger and have a comfy full-size couch. The reading stands should both fold so that they are completely out of the way when not needed. They should also have the capability of being tray tables for snacks. Just think...larger, so room for more books. Set it up facing a window with a view, the shelves protecting you from interrupters... sweet!

Monday, Denis came home from work and told me something that made my heart sink to my sock tops. Rumors are flying that one bus driver who works for the same company has died from COVID-19, and that ten others have tested positive for it.

I've found that reading isn't quite as effective at keeping my mind off things as knitting because I always knit while watching television. My hands are busy, I'm following a pattern, and I'm keeping track of a British crime drama. More parts of my brain engaged. I think I'm in for the long haul, so I've got four more afghan patterns lined up. But first, I'd better mosey out to the corral. I think I'll give the links some extra sugar.


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

►Fascinating Folk◄

►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe! Stay healthy! And don't forget to curl up with a good book!


18 comments:

  1. Oh, what a lot to worry about. Hope Denis stays safe. Did the company build a plastic shield behind his seat to protect him from passengers? That's what was done in New York City.

    So, knitting, reading and watching TV mysteries are a diversion from real concerns.

    Hope all goes well. We need a vaccine now!

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    1. There is no plastic shield between him and the idiots who board his bus maskless. And there are now twelve bus drivers out with COVID-19, not counting the one who died.

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  2. Oh, that's scary news, Cathy! I'm hoping for the best for you and Denis, and of course, it's horrible for those other families. We can't get a vaccine soon enough, if you ask me. Thanks for sharing that reading station - it's beautiful. I need to go visit that Aztec palace to get my mind off of things...

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    1. The only thing about a vaccine---how many idiots are going to refuse to take it? Sorry. I am feeling very little compassion for the intellectually challenged today.

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  3. How frightening! When the virus hits close to home and affects those we know personally, the stress and anxiety reaches another level. Hope both of you stay safe and healthy, Cathy. Thanks for sharing links to keep our minds busy.

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    1. I was hoping that I wasn't the only one using these links as a distractor.

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  4. First of all, will keep Denis and you in my thoughts regarding the nasty virus. I understand the stress and anxiety you both must be feeling. Deep breaths. Glad that you've got more afghan patterns to keep you occupied. Love that 'reading station'. Very clever and thought it might need a bit of an update, so very cool. Take care!

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  5. I can imagine how your husband's news turned your anxiety level up a few notches. Just when we start to convince ourselves that things are getting better, we are reminded that maybe we've just been lucky so far. That is one scary thought.

    I do love that old reading station - and your modification ideas to it. I would love to have something like the model you described. Right now a self-enclosed box to hide in sounds really nice.

    Stay well.

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    1. I've been pondering lighting requirements for the updated reading station. Maybe build it higher so the lights would be at the right height, which would mean more shelves along the sides and back.

      Hiding out in a book box does sound tempting.

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  6. Hiding in a book box is a good idea.

    Is there any way Denis can stay home for awhile until the peak in Arizona ebbs? Like on a medical leave if he got a doctor's note?

    I don't really get the reading station, rather than just having two armchairs next to each other with an end table in the middle with books on it or perhaps a booksheld on the wall behind it?
    I had shelves above my bed in my teenage bedroom and it was very compact, but held a lot of books.

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    1. Then there would be a whole cans of worms called No Pay.

      I think none of us will fully comprehend the reading station unless we had a time machine and could go back to 1890.

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  7. True: 1890's furniture? Who knows?

    Oh, the no pay horror. That is terrible. Workers forced to go to work in this pandemic or suffer ecoomic consequences. Everyone should have a right to sick pay and unemployment and health insurance. So unfair.

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  8. The dilemma: I'm reading Michelle Obama's memoir, "Becoming," and "The Lantern Men" arrived last week. It's taking all my self-discipline not to rip into Ruth Galloway's latest story.
    I just looked longingly at that book, but told myself it's the dessert after I finish the memoir, which is very good itself.

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    1. I've lost track of how many times I've done the same thing.

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  9. I may have to hide Ruth Galloway's story until I finish this excellent memoir. I am learning a lot and since Michelle Obama grew up in Chicago just 20 blocks south of where I lived (but years later), I love reading about the city.

    I'm looking at maps and finding new parks and nature reserves and the lake's shoreline has moved. I loved swimming in Lake Michigan.

    I've looked at maps of the city frequently while reading this book and Sara Paretsky's latest, as it has a newish nature preserve in it which fascinates me.

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  10. Dead Land by Sara Paretsky has a nature preserve in the middle of Chicago not too far from where I grew up. I looked it up online, and it is really nice.

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