Here is the beginning of my friend D’s Hand Maiden cashmere socks in Sangria. Beautiful!!
She Wears Her Heart On Her Sleeve
She wears her heart on her sleeve.
Tells the time by the sun.
She doesn’t seem to care,
How long it will take,
To begin,
To end,
Or that it starts with a cliche,
And ends with a rhyme.
By Dawn
That one is for my dear Authors Ink writing group who has been meeting without me. But I hope they know I am there in spirit.
Taproot
I received my new issue of Taproot today. Ad-free independent publishing. It’s beautiful inside also. The photography, artwork, and writing is breathtaking. I love the smell of new pages. Even though it traveled so far to my mailbox, It has everything I love even a beautiful knitted shawl pattern called Lola by Carrie Bostick Hoge.
Canada Reads Final Thoughts
There’s only two books left, Cockroach by Rawi Hage and The Orenda by Joseph Boyden. Both about the marginalization of people in society. Jian: Does The Orenda reinforce dangerous stereotypes? Interesting question. Stephen Lewis on The Orenda: “It is the original injustice”. Yes! Stephen Lewis. It does needs to be reconciled, it does need to be understood. I’ve always known that our history needs to be understood in order to understand ourselves and how we fit in this world. Wab Kinew is a force!
…The Orenda… Awesome, my favorite!!
Thanks CBC and Joseph Boyden
Canada Reads-Annabel by Kathleen Winter
I think that the rest of the panel has lost it. The pregnancy of Wayne in the novel Annabel is a metaphor! Whether you believed it or not, the message was bigger than that.
Canada Reads 2014- Wab Kinew
So I’m just getting around to watching the CBC Canada reads shows from last week. Waiting for the right moment when I can relax and listen. I’m on show three and Wab Kinew is rocking it. So glad I chose The Orenda.
Good Evening
Lots of possibilities tonight, reading, writing, knitting…I need some inspiration. The sun streaming through my window today certainly gave me a lift. Spring is around the corner. My latest sock yarn has a feeling of an Easter egg and I’ve begun thinking about summer knitting on my deck. Things are looking up.
1982 by Jian Ghomeshi
So I finally finished Jian Ghomeshi’s book. My signed copy laid on my bookshelf for awhile half read. I guess I wasn’t ready to relive my youth. My friend D and I traveled to Halifax when he was on his book tour and was charmed by his presence. So I finished it last night and I liked it. It was a fun book to read especially if you grew up in the 80’s. I had forgotten a lot about what it meant to grow up without the technology we have now and how far we have come. I won’t say progressed because that is a matter if opinion. It was nice to be reminded of the insecurities of youth and how universal it really is. The feeling of being different is shared by so many people and this book reminded me how hard it is to overcome but also how self-affirming it is when you survive.
The Insistent Garden by Rosie Chard
This book was intriguing from the very first paragraph. It held my attention to the last paragraph. It was a coming of age story but with a twist. I knew there was something right around the corner but I didn’t know what it was. I wanted to cry at times for the main character Edith and cheer at other times. The author wrote from a few different viewpoints, which adds a lot of depth and colour to the story. It was like viewing a 3-D movie but better. This was Rosie Chards second novel. Her debut novel was Seal Intestine Raincoat, which I think I will check out.
My Third Pair
Now I have requests for my socks:
Opal sock yarn for my Step-daughter E.
For my friend D “One of a kind”.
Dawn's Chronicles 