Wool & Words

I finally bit the bullet and just finished up Infidel. I'm not much for memoirs; I tend to prefer good fiction, poetry, and essays. This book, though, really wanted me to read it, so I acquiesced.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born 3 months after me. 3 months and an ocean away, both born into large extended families steeped in monolithic faith traditions. In some weird way, I was reading my other self, a vision of a life I could have had were it not for the accident of birth and nation.

Being born here, in this country, is such a gift. As I read her story, as I learned about the conditions in which she and her family lived, the hardship they suffered, the awful things done to her in the name of faith, I couldn't help but think, "there but for the grace of God go I."

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My head is aching, so I'm off to bed at the end of a very long week.

Thomas, I'm sorry. I'll try to hold off on the 24 spoilers, although I can't be held accountable if I crack. I'm just not that great when it comes to pressure! ;-) I must say, though, that you'll know when you get to the moment as you watch the series--I knew it was going to happen, but I really hoped...I'll stop now, k?

Knitting report:

-Still knitting on that KPS sweater. V. slowly
-actually CROCHETING something. I feel very adventurous
-Signed up for Sockapalooza 4

Dissertation? Well, I worked my little tuckus off, and I'm soooooo much closer to done. I have a table of contents and a list of tables and appendices. Now I just need 2/3 of a final chapter and a conclusion. Sooooooo close.

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Taking a 24 Break. Damn!

Still knitting on the top down cardigan; not much time for knitting right now, but hopefully I'll be able to get back into it around tax time...

Be good to one another out there. I'm just working away...

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