Retreat

As I continue to knit merrily away on the Seraphim (I LOVE this pattern!), I am beginning to prepare for Retreat. No, not a military maneuver, not a strategic backing off from the complexities of the Slow Bee (although I have yet to take it up again), but rather ten days of intensive philosophical Buddhist study. I am packing even as I speak (write). Of course Seraphim and the Swiss Cheese Scarf are the first in queue!


I have also, in my typical evil fashion, purchased a huge number of books under the guise of "plane reading". Let me say, I could travel around the world on this stack. As I think I mentioned earlier, I look on a trip as a chance to purchase books I would ordinarily wait for the paperback version thereof. So far, I have purchased the latest Scottoline and Crombie mysteries, two books by Russian mystery author Boris Akunin - yes, I am a mystery fanatic - as well as the Monster of Florence and Rushdie's Enchantress of Florence. We won't mention the three other hardcover mysteries I have devoured over the past three days, necessitating a replenishing of my travel reading. After all, when you're trapped in a plane if one - or two - books pall, you must have others with which to console yourself.

In the meantime, my two new pins from Romi arrived. I had planned to put up photos, but given the results ... let's just say the photos weren't up to the task.

Back to packing ....