- This week I finished the manuscript on my next book
- Publishers aren't keen on revealing that you are writing a new book
- Since it will be about a year until it is out for sale
- For six months I have been sewing and writing every day on this project
- This has cut into my blogging time so much
- And I think you should know why
- So I would appreciate it if we kept this info between us
- But we're friends
- And I thought you should know the why
- Writing this one was hard
- I put in all my best ideas
- But thought that there would be more than a few readers who would think
- That's not the proper way to do it, is she nuts
- But you can only write what you have to write
- Nuts or not
- It's what you've got
- It was extremely strange to write a sewing book in the middle of a global pandemic
- The fabric stores were closed so I cut up coats and scrounged for materials
- You'll see
- These are such strange times
- Here in Nova Scotia we remain Covid free
- The premier said stay the blazes home and we did
- We are in our own little world right now, living normally
- With the understanding that if a case comes in we will slam shut again
- When you are small and have a tiny border you can do that
- And when you more or less know or are related to everyone
- You aren't going to let them down
- It isn't that hard
- However I am cut off
- From my son and his family in California
- I never thought I would have a child I couldn't get to
- So just so you know I don't have any patience for those who won't do what they need to do and are prolonging this
- You are part of a community
- We all are
- That is our learning opportunity here
- As we used to say when I taught
- Now I am not sample sewing
- I am going to sew for myself
- Stay tuned on that one
- I have been knitting though
- Learning continental because it is faster
- I think it is important to live richly
- What are we waiting for?
- I have moved the crystal into the ordinary glasses cupboard
- I have been growing herbs and cooking Greek food because it uses herbs
- I have been treading water for whole afternoons and catching small boys barrelling off the water slide
- And landing with a belly flop
- I have realized that I made a mistake with my sewing
- I have been caught up on making the next thing
- And home now
- I am wearing what I have in the closet and appreciating it
- Maybe all the focus on making the new
- Has taken the enjoyment out of appreciating what we already have
- Seems like that is a mistake
- And another learning opportunity
- My husband is one of those older guys who loves apps
- Right now he is renting his tools through something called Good Neighbour
- He is a good neighbour and apparently 4% of all the rental tools in the greater metropolitan area are in my garage
- I did not know that
- I don't go into the garage
- It is the kind of place that you feel if you went in you might not find your way out
- Sort of like the Amazon jungle but with weird devices instead of trees
- Sometimes the kids have me lift the garage door for a look
- They stand outside, quiet
- And say "wow that's a lot of junk"
- And now it seems that there are things in there that other men want
- Mysterious things that are left on the front step when they are done
- My husband realizes that this funny extra income will allow him to buy more tools, off book
- I have fabric he has things that plug in
- Or screw together to help you screw more things together
- He is a super renter
- I didn't know that power washers came in two strengths
- One that cleans the deck and one that removes it
- But that's another story
- We rent both
- Apparently
- So I guess I wanted to tell you where I've been and that I am back
- Strange times or not
- But I am here
- And this is where that place is
- The anthem of my culture is in my head right now
- The right song for these wrong times
- It will be OK
- I promise
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