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>Medical marvels

Posted on November 17, 2007 | 2 comments

>I’m marveling at the surgery that Chris’ friend Sarah just had. The night of the accident the doctors removed a piece of her skull to relieve the pressure from her head injury. They put her into an induced coma to let her heal somewhat. They woke her up early in the week, and since she progressed well through the week they did a second surgery on Thursday to replace that piece of skull. The part I just learned is that to keep her skull bone alive and well they had inserted it into her leg near her hip bone. At times like these, when someone’s precious life was almost taken by a random accident, the marvels of modern surgical techniques just amaze me. I’m floored and so thankful that she is going to survive this.

Now I just hope she will recover fully.
(Okay, what does this photo have to do with this post? Well….it’s an image of an amazing day in an amazing place, and both have happened this week for Sarah)

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>Always something

Posted on November 16, 2007 | 1 comment

>First on my mind this week is Sarah. News from my son is that he saw her awake earlier this week and that she knows who everyone is that has visited her. She even knew people who were not visiting but were being discussed. She was brought out of her coma and will have a second surgery to replace the portion of her scull that was removed during the first surgery in order to relieve the pressure from her injury. Her family, from the Philippines, is there with her. She has a long road to recovery, so if you see this please keep her in mind or in your prayers.

In the last couple of days I have discovered that some of my friends are now on Ravelry. That made me realize that I needed to update my account there, post some pictures, make contact with some of the groups I joined. When I joined ravelry I looked around a bit, joined some groups, and then promptly forgot all about it. Having some local friends there has made me reconnect, and it’s a great place! I found lots of inspiration on the Bohus knitting group. Some of their finished sweaters just make me weak in the knees. I want to drop everything and start a Bohus design. I’ve had plans for that for years….but I try to be strong and make myself finish what I’ve already started!

Through someone on the Tapestry yahoo group, one of the Convergence committee members has contacted me to see if The Wednesday Group is interested in displaying work at a site near the Convergence activities. I am totally not ready to organize another show, but how can we let this opportunity pass? Will just have to see where this leads.

And lastly, it is autumn here at last. I can no longer dash out on errands without a coat, and the colors which are normally so vibrant at hallowe’en are looking pretty dramatic in time for Thanksgiving. Better late than never….
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This the “corky bark” or “burning bush” at one end of my main perennial garden, with the maples behind. There are miniature bamboo under the corky bark and there is the silhouette of my David Austin Heritage rose in the foreground.

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>Here’s Buddha

Posted on November 7, 2007 | 1 comment

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Here’s Buddha, not quite ready for prime time. I took a load of pictures of him today and didn’t get a good one yet. I’ll keep tweaking and replace this when I have a better one. Well, with help from my camera savvy husband, here’s a better photo.

My younger son called today in a bit of a funk. A friend of his from school was walking home to her off-campus apartment last night when she was hit by a car. He doesn’t know too much except that she had head injury with internal bleeding and needed surgery. She’s a physics major, like Chris, and this is her senior year also. Chris does problem sets with her and a few other students in the library each week. I hope she will recover. I can’t get her off my mind…. If you see this please say a prayer for her. Her name is Sarah.

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>When Life Gets in the Way!

Posted on October 5, 2007 | Leave a comment

>Life sure can throw some hard balls. I wish I were a good catcher, but my reaction is to cover my head and duck! Everybody’s health seems so fragile these days. I’m not going to talk about it here, but it’s a hurdle. Then there are the many joys of my volunteer jobs, which are great when everything runs smoothly and everyone is happy. It’s no fun at all when the best plans and hard work don’t actually come to fruition. Guess which one I’m experiencing now.

I’m also having my first experience at organizing a group show of handwoven tapestry. (This is why I’ve been trying to finish Buddha!) I’ve certainly got a lot to learn about running a show. I’ve had great help from really savvy people. One member made the postcard, and it’s quite an eye catcher, don’t you think? (And if you click on it you’ll get to see a lot more detail. My, we have some awesome weavers in this group!) Here are the details.

I just finished Buddha, literally put in the last pick. I want to celebrate, but I feel a little overwhelmed because I still need to hem and mount him. I can’t find the raw linen material I want to use for mounting. I’ve looked in all the easy places, so now it’s time to really start digging.

The garden is a mess. My dog has cancer. Every Friday I drive him to Connecticut for chemo treatments, but today my car has some serious problems so I’m without wheels for the weekend. I’m home alone since my husband is away on business, and I’m feeling weird. I need to run away….well, on the positive side, I just went digging for that linen fabric and found it. I’ll get to work now.

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