back to basics

call it living like a poet, call it zen, call it what you will, of late i’ve harbored the distinct urge to slow down, to live life outside the ubiquitous to do list.

so

today i spent 2 delicious hours in a local book store where i feasted on 2 books of poetry by louise gluck, several home interior coffee table books, and 3 random books spied on my way to a chair. i squirmed and fidgeted and wrestled with the angels as i determinedly focused on being there and only there.

though i haven’t made much time for stitching lately, when i have picked up some cloth, it’s been only when (i thought) i had a plan, and once i sat down to stitch, speed was the name of my game. get it done, and get it done fast. when things didn’t immediately turn out to my liking, why i just packed everything up and moved on to something else, something i could check off The List.

today, though, after my morning in training, i came home, cut out a new piece (and i did keep the speed for that, doing it fast before i could think too damn much), and i went back to basics: i basted. i can’t count high enough to tell you how long it’s been since i took the time to baste.

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it’ll sure be interesting to see if the basting holds everything in place well enough to allow me to stitch fast . . .

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3 Responses to back to basics

  1. Paula Hewitt says:

    i do this slow fast slow fast tango myself.

  2. Acey says:

    she sits here thinking how much she used to love turkey subs. And turkey clubs. Alas (from the turkey loving point of view) now she is a vegan. Plus she has learned to be slow. So very very slow …

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