Milestones

 

The holiday season is rolling on by.  And I continue to avoid crowds, wear a mask, focus on threads and how they behave.  Sometimes they behave in surprising ways, and sometimes they behave just exactly (sort of) how I want them to behave.  But it is a constant source of curiosity and satisfying it - or not.

The first two articles for WEFT are well in hand, and this morning the box of samples I sent for the first issue was returned.  It was a reminder of how much I enjoyed weaving them and then writing them up.

Since most of what I wove was - quite simply - 'just' samples, I'm not entirely sure what I will do with them.  I suppose if I had the energy to start a weaving study group I could share them with other local weavers.  But I still have a razor thin level of 'enough' energy to do the bare minimum, with little to spare.

And the experiment of trying to find me a pain med I can tolerate is not going...well.  I'm about to pull the plug on the latest drug as the muscle weakness returns.  I read through the description of the next two on the list, and frankly, I don't much like the looks of either of them.  But the pharmacist said to try them, in order, so I think next Tuesday I'll ask my doctor to prescribe the 2nd on the list.  And then I'll have to monitor my bp because one of the 'adverse effects' is that it *may* spike bp.  And I suspect that one of the 'causes' of the brain bleed was that I had been having 'high' bp for too long.  I do NOT need a repeat of *that*.

Thank you to everyone who ordered something over the holidays.  If you are American and have not yet heard the news, as of the beginning of the new president's term his first job (on a long list of jobs) is going to enact tariffs on goods coming into the US.  He is threatening 25% tariffs on everything coming from Canada - so if you want to take advantage of the current currency exchange 'discount' you are getting and avoid the tariff, order now so that the parcel arrives before the tariff is applied.

My books are printed in the US, so you won't get dinged tariffs on my books.  

I have committed to keep writing for WEFT magazine - so long as they want me to.  Writing *is* getting easier, but speaking can be a problem as the words I want to use fall into one of the 'sinkholes' in my brain and I fumble around trying to find something to convey what I'm trying to say.  But next Tuesday is 4 months since I fell, and while I don't have much energy, recovery is happening.  I am beginning to plan more articles.  Just waiting for the yarn to arrive for the next set of samples.  After today and mailing a basket full of parcels, I will need to get back to writing.  I'm about halfway done the 'next' article.  I'm not sleeping well and need afternoon 'naps', which takes a chunk out of my afternoon so I'm not getting as much stuff done as I would like.

On the other hand, I'm still here, so there is that.

I don't know when I have faced the 'new year' with such trepidation.  The only 'power' I have is to continue to be creative, and share my knowledge.  And vote.