The beginning...

I've flirted with blogging before. Just a few winks and nudges. This time, I'm working on a resolution. Not a New Year's resolution, just a resolution. I call myself a writer, but I haven't been writing consistently for a long time. I always procrastinate by telling myself that I really don't have anything interesting to write about. I'm good at procrastinating. This time around, though, I'm not promising anything earth-shattering. If something good gets written, well, that's a bonus.The important thing is the writing. So, here goes.

Five things, no pressure.

Just five things. Write what you know, they say. So here are my five things:

1. What I'm reading. I'm always reading--usually more than one book at a time.
2. What I'm knitting. I'm always knitting, too. Always more than one thing at a time. I'm not a monogamous knitter, and I have a completion problem. But knitting keeps me, as the T-shirt says, from killing people.
3. What I'm listening to or watching.
4. What I'm thinking about. Sometimes I do think. Really.
5 One more thing...here's a place for the leftovers.

Let's see what happens.

What I'm reading
Right now, I'm reading "Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World" by Linda Hirshman.

What I'm knitting
Things that I'm actively working on now are the "Very Braidy Cowl" in a lovely turquoise wool that my gentlemen gave me for Christmas and "Garden Gate," a scarf of Zen Garden Serenity 20 in colorway Blue Hawaii.

What I'm listening to
I spent the morning with David Bowie on Spotify, which seemed fitting after waking to the news that he had died of cancer. Gone too soon.

What I'm thinking about
David Bowie's part in the soundtrack of my life

One more thing
PowerBall lottery jackpot is more than a billion dollars this week. Like most other people who think about winning a lottery, I think I know what I'd do with a windfall if I won. Odds are better that I would be struck by lightning twice than win the big jackpot. Might be worth investing $2 in a little bit of hope though...