Life's a Stitch

Knitting at sea

Lifesastitch and Blogless Marsha have knit across the Atlantic for the third time:

This time we added in a calm as a lake English Channel and glassy North Sea. All the way from Miami to Copenhagen there was daily knitting. I kept mine simple on the hands - 100% knit stitch, none of those painful k3tog. And we weren't alone:

On the ten sea days, this group from at least seven countries, met each morning for what we called our "knitting adult day care sessions." It kept us out of trouble as there are worse places to be on a cruise ship - the blazingly bright sun deck, casino, bars and gift shops, and the never-ending opportunities for food.

Knitting postponed due to injury

There has been a dearth of knitting on this knitting blog, I admit it. Granted, there has been a fair amount of recent excitement in our lives, demonstrated by recent posts, but that's not the reason. Rest assured that my knitting, limping along with these prematurely arthritic wrists, has accompanied me on those recent trips. The truth is, however, there'll only be slow knitting until I have an appointment at Vancouver's hand clinic referred after x-rays, a round of prednisone, rest and ice. 

In the spirit of our family 's usual mayhem, Mr. C is recovering from a broken rib. His is a more dramatic story. Once upon a time, a 63 year old guy was climbing down from his adult son's loft bed and missed the foothold. 

The end.

I have no  doubt, though, that we'll live happily ever after. In the mean time Lifesastitch will follow doctor's orders and take a little rest. I'll be back in early June.

 

Lifesastitch on Rudy Maxa's World

This movie of ours has lead to one surprise after another. I had the privilege of being interviewed on radio by Rudy Maxa. You can listen to the podcast here, starting around minute 23.

A fairy tale dream

Another audience Choice Award: Best Documentary -  Newport Beach Film Festival

Imagine you have a kid, who in high school, went from honour roll to a 52 average in 18 months flat. All that parental worry until a year and a half prior to graduation, he discovers his passion, filmmaking. Goes on to four years in a degree program (notice I didn't say to get his degree in filmmaking because he is three credits short) and combines that passion with another talented classmate to bring together his dream of a movie: Taking My Parents to Burning Man.

So here we are, revelling in these two boys' success at the start of their career. Audience Choice Awards for Best Documentary at the Newport Beach Film Festival and the Sonoma International Film Festival.

I especially appreciated  this review.

We're just an average family having a fairytale experience.  How good is this?