- Stopped for the night and tomorrow will keep heading south
- The right direction to go for a Nova Scotian in January
- Had a magical visit with the son and daughter-in-law in NYC
- Poignant because this is probably the last one before they move to San Francisco
- Which will also be good
- But snow falling as you walk in New York streets, past the doormen
- Past the older people out and about
- Who in any other city would be holed up at home because you need a car
- Past small bright bars and dogs in coats
- Past facades that are just the way they were 50 years ago
- New York is its own time capsule
- And for a while it has been mine
- Now on to the next thing
- With kids, of any age, it there is always a next thing
- Even if the last thing is perfect
- But we all need next things
- And some times we even know it
- Have passed the time on the drive plotting my sewing
- Tell me
- What's with all jackets right now being presented as unlined?
- As if that was a good thing
- Truth is linings cover a lot
- And keep you from feeling you should do fancy seam finishes which take about 47 hours
- And such a pain to draft your own lining pattern
- Which just goes to show these patterns are no time savers
- Do you think if I attempted a knit moto jacket, lengthened I could do it without losing my mind?
- We will see
- I have decided it is easier to sew more jackets than it is to lose weight
- I want some Indie designer to hire me to help with the instructions
- Just ran across a poor new sewer posting she was having trouble with step 117
- Listen there is research on this
- The mind can only hold onto 5, maybe 7 points, max.
- You need to stop and give headings
- Things like telling folks what they are actually doing and why they are doing it
- And when they are done you write "You have now completed the body of the dress and just need to put in the sleeves"
- Or words to that effect
- So they can breath out
- 117 steps
- That's just not fair
- Is there any thing more annoying than that voice on the GPS
- Unlike perhaps it is your own voice saying that GPS is annoying
- When you are not the person personally stopping traffic in Manhattan
- With a large RV with a car attached behind it
- Not to worry
- That nice lady from New Jersey just went around us and drove up on along the sidewalk
- After she had a talk with us
- Didn't know you could drive there
- We don't do that at home
- Tomorrow we are getting a new GPS that tells you what roads, bridges and tunnels you are allowed to drive an RV on
- Seems like a good idea
- Also tomorrow
- Driving far enough south so the water lines are not at risk of freezing
- And I get my running water back
- Also a good idea
- We wait all year for these trips
- It's our big excitement
- Now off the bed with a small mad black dog
- Real grass tomorrow Daisy
- Real grass
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