This morning was about getting out from under the cleaning family's feet. So I went and voted, using the municipal dropbox, yayyy, go Kamala and Tim!
Then I thought the world was quiet this morning and realized Ruth and Laura were still home on the charger, so I went back and got them in action.
Back out again, sound restored, to the library, to finish the postcards, watch the window cleaners working, from the ground, on the third floor windows
and the local artists guild hanging their fall exhibit, and I fixed a public jigsaw puzzle that had been maybe played with by a little person. Then I got back into Oliver Twist, who's proving to be a lot more entertaining than I expected.
Home again, lunch, then out to Tuesday Knitting Group, no pictures, nothing new to show you. But we talked about animals, petcare, rescues, hospice, fear of death, insurance for nonprofits, more cheerful than this sounds!
home yet again, it's all go, for Textiles and Tea, with
I have twice tried to read Oliver Twist, and twice failed. For whatever reason, I just can NOT get into it!
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit episodic. Not surprising, considering how it was first published.
DeleteI can see how Kristin Crane would be an inspiration. I enjoyed Oliver Twist even more the second time in recent years than I did when I was in high school.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'll read it twice, though.
DeleteImaginative weaving. I like her tapestry scenes, and impressed with the ideas and swatches with various different fibres. I wonder if the 'debacle' will be reported over here.
ReplyDeleteI really liked her sampling, and fancy trying it.
DeleteDickens' stories are entertaining and imaginative, once they have been arranged for theatre or film, but I cannot read him. The dialect irritates me and doesn't add anything to the narrative.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Dickens country - couldn't move for yet more reminders of the man.
Oliver twist takes place in various locations. What's Dickens country?
ReplyDeleteRochester and Chatham, Kent, the area now known as 'Medway', that being the river that runs down to the sea.
DeleteI have always enjoyed Dickens and have read most of his works at least twice.
ReplyDeleteI have always found Dickens to be far more approachable than people think. As you said- look at how he was first published. He had to keep that audience eager for more. I think "David Copperfield" is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThe debate was far more civil than I thought it would be. We didn't watch the last forty-five minutes or so because I was just flat-out too tired. I hear that it got a little more acrimonious when Jan. 6 came up. I thought the moderators did a good job.
He's faster moving than he's portrayed, yes. I can't bear V***e, so I'm only picking up on clips and comments.
DeleteI read Oliver Twist as a young teen. I have the complete works but haven't looked at any of it since then. I watched the debate. Vance lies smoothly.
ReplyDeleteMost of the Dickens I've read was set at school as a teen, not good age or requirement, really. The irony escaped me then but not now.
DeleteI love her little experimental weavings with grasses and sticks!
ReplyDeleteThey're the kind of thing that you can gather right outside the door and try out. I love them too.
DeleteI especially like the cliffs/sea in the dark weaving. I hear the debate was quite civilised. And a good way to spend the morning
ReplyDeleteFor a small work, that one's powerful. The morning was productive.
DeleteYou do manage to fill your days.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to fill themselves somehow.
DeleteBusy day again, Boud. Time sure flies when one is busy! Take care!
ReplyDeleteI think it flies anyway, may as well enjoy.
DeleteOoh, I imagine this will be a Textile and Tea I'll enjoy if it's posted to youtube. Fun to see grass and sticks incorporated.
ReplyDeleteThey do eventually post to YouTube. They're short staffed, so it takes a while.
DeleteYet another day of never a dull moment at Chez Boud. I guess it's a whole lot better than thumb twiddling.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days I'll schedule a bit of thumb twiddling!
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