Lent is, of
course, a time of the year when the big churches tell people they should try to
“do without” something – I have friends who go seven weeks without alcohol,
chocolate, or some other goody-item. Usually I don’t chime in, but this year my
8 days without a computer felt a bit like that. My touchpad had given up and I
had been told it might take up to three weeks to get the machine back when they
sent it in for repairs. Luckily, it still had guarantee as I had only bought it
last year, so off it went, and I prepared myself for a lengthy period of
abstinence, with only occasional access to a computer to briefly check e-mail.
Imagine my
surprise when I received a phone-call by the repairing company only four days
after I had delivered the machine at the store. They wanted to know how
satisfied I was with the repair. Surprise on their side when I said I hadn’t
even gotten it back yet... Due to the fact that it was only sent off from the
facility after the guy talked to me, and some delivery delay, and the weekend,
it took until yesterday to get it back to me. But I was happy to have it back.
Not that I
didn’t know what to do with myself without the computer. But as I had prepared
myself for a longer time ‘without’ I had immediately switched off my sensorium
that is on the constant lookout for blog-topics. I did keep up my daily photography,
though, but had seriously resigned myself to weeks without posting on the blog.
It is
amazing how dependent we get on these little items, even if only to check some
piece of information on the internet. On the other hand, the amount of time at
one’s disposal when one doesn’t quickly turn to check out this, look at that
blog, search for a recipe...
So I spent
the week offline dyeing the March shipment for my fabric club, did a bit of sewing to
finish Play of Lines XXIX, and prepared Play of Lines XXVIII for quilting (I
had had to wait for black batting, and the right threads before I could do
this).
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| March 2012: fabric club selection |
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| Play of Lines XXIX, pieced, unquilted |
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| Play of Lines XXVIII, pieced, unquilted |
Got lots of
things done.
But am glad
to resume posting! And to feel reconnected to the world...
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