hat was an unintended blog break. I didn’t realize it had been so long since I blogged or checked bloglines (the number of posts to catch up on is overwhelming!). I’ve been busy having fun with the wee royalty, enjoying the amazing cool weather (totally unusual for this time of year), and enjoying friends.
We went fishing with friends and while I’m not into fishing, I can’t wait to go again. My friend Ann did all the gross stuff like baiting the hooks and putting the fish on lines, etc. It was a fabulous day and the kids all caught a fish. they also got custom koozies from http://trueimprint.com which was great! They only caught brim but in their minds, it might as well have been a big bass.
We went out to the Blackwater Conservation area along the Comite River last week with a group of friends and had a blast. We had to take a short hike down to the river but nary a complaint was heard since the kids were too busy picking and stuffing blackberries into their mouths.
And I finished Ahab’s Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer: A Novel. READ IT. It is amazing and all I want to do now is pick up and move to a lighthouse in New England. This book is definitely high on my list of favorites — a bildungsroman with a female protaganist, the references to Keats, Shakespeare, and Wordsworth that really do make my mind and spirit soar, historical accuracy… *sigh* And the entire time I was reading the book I had Billy Bragg and Wilco’s At My Window Sad and Lonely playing through my head (if you’d rather read the lyrics you can do that here). I’ll stop now before y’all think I’ve turned into a raving loon but be warned: I have a new stack of books and I think I’ll spend this afternoon sitting in front of the window listening to Mermaid Avenue, staring out the window and trying to decide which book I’ll read next. Knitting to resume shortly.