"Mom, what's a textile?"
"Well, Squish, it's a fabric. Textiles are fabrics made of fiber. Knitted, woven, crocheted--"
"Oh. I'm reading about the textiles in Shetland."
I widened my eyes and got a better look at what she was reading. "What do you have there?"
"One of your magazines. I had to do a report on a magazine article."
"And you thought yarn was the way to go."
"Well, also you write for this one. I put it as one of the reasons I picked it."
"Okay then."
"It's an interesting article."
"I"m sure all the 12 year olds will be crazy for it. You were going to make a copy weren't you?"
"Oooh... yeah, that would be much better than cutting it out!"
"My editor probably thinks so too."
B. String Boys is breaking me. It's been a while since I've sobbed so openly over my keyboard. You're all welcome.
C. I made an experiment today. I instapotted a roast in a bottle of wine and some garlic bullion. Two goes at stew setting, then I took the meat out, carved it into cubes, threw it back in and added sour cream, and rice.
My family thought it was amazing.
*bows*
D. We watched Desperately Seeking Susan tonight. Can I just say that I had a serious crush on Aiden Quinn (who sort of looked like Mate as a kid in that movie) and thinking about him now, in Elementary, I think he also looks like Mate (a very East Coast, Old Spice, cop-suit and bryll cream Mate) which is funny.
Maybe it's the eyes.
E. Oh! And the picture! Squish took it while I was napping. She was like, "It looks like you killed all the animals, Mom!"
I looked at the picture and said, "Sleep bomb GO!"
And then we tried to find Geoffie.
I posted it on FB and offered a prize who could accurately count how many animals in that shot excluding the big mammal in the middle--most folks got it right, but not everybody.
Silly Geoffie ;-)
What Magazine do you write for and how do I get my hands on it?
ReplyDeleteYarn! Magazine-- it's Australian but you can get an electronic copy at Pocketmags.
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