Glare Report: 11/14/04" Writing scene on Lake Nokomis

Wrote 480 words tonight.

Stopping because: I am tired and am running my fingers compulsively through my hair, a sure sign of exhaustion. I intend to get up to exercise at 5:15 a.m.; must get to bed.

Notes: Words are flowing rather easily, although this feels like preliminary sketching rather than what the final words must be. I need to add much more sensory detail. I am stopping before I have run out of knowing what to write, which is fine; it means I will have momentum to keep going when next I can get back to it.

Fabric Store

The fabric store is becoming our new favorite place to hang out on the weekend. Here is a great project that will delight your eight year old girl: Go to a fabric store and let her pick out a pretty, cozy piece of polartec in a print that she likes (Delia chose one in lavender and yellow, showing teddy bears snuggling up to crescent moons). Buy a yard. Ours was on sale, and with the coupon it came to $4.00. Take it home, trim the edges straight. Make a straight cut from the middle of one side up to the exact center. That's it. Now it is a lovely shawl: your neck goes at the gap at the center point, and you drape the two cut sides around yourself. Then, make cuts about a half inch apart and three inches long along the top and the bottom edge. Knot them together, two by two. That's the fringe. It takes a half an hour, it's very easy, and it gives her something that delights her to snuggle up in when we turn the heat down to 62 degrees all winter long. And if I could just find the damn digital camera, I would post a picture for all to see.