Quilt and Ponder, Quilt and Ponder. Next.

Tonight it felt like home. Allie had some friends over to play cards and while they played, I worked on a quilt and helped Stacey get the web server switched over. I didn't want to seem unsociable, but I am on a very tight deadline for this quilt. Most of my unscheduled time here at home will be devoted to it. As they wanted to use the table, I moved my sewing machine to my desk in the living room. I love where my desk is placed. It's in the far corner underneath my bulletin board and the window. Looking out, I can see the flowers on the deck to the left, the swimming pool and green lawn below, and a wide sky open before me. It's a wonderful place to work, to meditate, to let my thoughts flow over themselves like a river shifting around stones and sand. It's one of the reasons I like to quilt. In a repetitive pattern like this one, you don't have to think much. You pick up one purple block, one yellow block, and you sew them together. Next. This goes on for a very long time, especially with this pattern. But I'm enjoying the quiet time, the time to ponder, to mull, to just be where I am right now with no demands to pay attention to anything further than a yard away. What a gift of space to let myself fall into.

365-09 #153

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Walking the Sea: Quilt and Ponder, Quilt and Ponder. Next.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Quilt and Ponder, Quilt and Ponder. Next.

Tonight it felt like home. Allie had some friends over to play cards and while they played, I worked on a quilt and helped Stacey get the web server switched over. I didn't want to seem unsociable, but I am on a very tight deadline for this quilt. Most of my unscheduled time here at home will be devoted to it. As they wanted to use the table, I moved my sewing machine to my desk in the living room. I love where my desk is placed. It's in the far corner underneath my bulletin board and the window. Looking out, I can see the flowers on the deck to the left, the swimming pool and green lawn below, and a wide sky open before me. It's a wonderful place to work, to meditate, to let my thoughts flow over themselves like a river shifting around stones and sand. It's one of the reasons I like to quilt. In a repetitive pattern like this one, you don't have to think much. You pick up one purple block, one yellow block, and you sew them together. Next. This goes on for a very long time, especially with this pattern. But I'm enjoying the quiet time, the time to ponder, to mull, to just be where I am right now with no demands to pay attention to anything further than a yard away. What a gift of space to let myself fall into.

365-09 #153

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