miscellaneous, musings

not crocheting, reading

Riding my bike to work has stalled.  I was almost hit by a car three weeks ago and since winter has drawn closer I’d be riding in dusk and dawn and frankly, I’m still a bit spooked about riding on the road.  But I’m missing exercise (and my stomach is growing fatter at a rapid rate).  However, there is a bright side – I’m catching public transport to work, and when you work five days per week that makes for lots of commuting time.  But I haven’t been crocheting, I’ve been reading!

reading, not crocheting

I’ve mentioned before that I’m part of a book group, and that I rarely seem to finish the book. So this year I’ve made a new promise to myself – even if I don’t read any other fiction, I WILL finish my book group book! And finally, this month I have. We’ll be discussing Kavalier and Clay in around 10 days time. What a super book!  And now I’m reading last month’s book, Flowers for Algernon.  Loving it too.  Then I’ll get to the month before – Jasper Jones.

I used to absolutely devour books.  I read quickly, and used to get through many books each month.  But then I had kids and started crocheting and other things took over.  I’m enjoying getting back to the world of fiction and imagination and words.  (And did still manage to do some crochet at school council last night so not all is lost on that score).