May 6th
I have gone back to a “writing practice” – hand writing from a prompt – which is feeling comfortable at the moment. After 27 years of staring at a screen to type I’m sick of it. Not all of that has been as a creative writer of course – most for work and academia, but I’ve noticed I have a particular mind set at the computer and a different one when scribbling on paper. No measurable progress on the short stories, however.
At the moment the only blog posts I’ve done are these ROW updates. I’ve been commenting to plan – but I’m finding that I want to comment rather than simply commenting because it is on my list of things to do – I think that’s a good thing.
Textiles: the exhibition shawl is finished. To be frank I’m quite ambivalent about the whole thing. I’ve been working on it so long I can no longer see it for what it is. I suspect that this may also be the case when I finish a major piece of writing – a good case for an editor / second opinions if ever there was. I certainly recall the same feeling from the endless writing as a post graduate. The knitted shawl for mum is also finished along with the red/blue spinning. Thanks for stopping by.
May 2nd
My writing is progressing in fits and starts but the first short story is almost drafted. The two books arrived from the editor for me to review so I’ve started perusing them and testing/trying out some of the new spinning techniques.
Weaving has been my main focus last week as the shawl has to be finished. I have completed the “real” weaving and am now doing the “finishing” – tying up loose ends, washing/fulling and blocking should all be finished by the next update. I can’t give you any photos until after the exhibition opens in early June, sorry.
As for establishing a healthy lifestyle, well, clearly that has to improve because not much happened. But I did succeed in throwing out my five things a day. Well, I averaged five things a day over the week.
April 25th
As I’ve only been doing it for two days there’s not a lot to say especially when one day was a public holiday and the other was spent with a friend. I have been able to make progress on the weaving and walking. As for writing – no WIP words on the page to report but I’ve started the background research for the book reviews that are due in a couple of weeks.
April 23rd
I’m starting this ROW80 challenge a few weeks into the round after reading S.J. Dricoll’s happy post last week. Over time I’ve become wary of too much goal setting – I found the ground kept shifting and I’d end up disappointed that “nothing” was achieved or I’d decided that it was a silly goal in the first place. I’m hoping the ROW80 paradigm accommodates the vagaries of my life – it says it does anyway.
So here’s the Big List for the next two months
Writing
Complete two short stories for publication
Complete two articles for publication
Participate in the Great Conversation by
- writing two blog posts per week
- commenting on three blog posts per day
- tweeting daily with my fellow writers and spinners
Throw out five items a day – that is start getting rid of the junk!
Organise the renovations we have planned – measurable? Get a start date.
Spend 30 minutes in the garden every fine day.
Textiles
Complete Certificate Part B
- Knowledge Use and Care of Equipment
- Design Princliples – Colour and Blending
Finish spinning the red and blue wool on the Eyre Wheel. DONE
Finish “Bay of Fires” knitted shawl for Mum’s birthday. DONE
Finish weaving Shawl for Exhibition DONE
Spin two lots of 100gms of sock yarn
Blend wool/alpaca for a pullover – drum carder – The New Zealand Flax project.
Health and Wellbeing
Walk The Block four times a week
Establish a gluten and sugar free habit/diet
Some of those goals are big and inclusive while some are self explanatory. As the weeks progress the breakdown/micro management of the goals will be apparent (I hope). So that’s it all I have to do now is hit “publish” – just do it.
