In Denial - Capacity

In Denial - Capacity

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Does one's capacity for accomplishing things larn smaller every bit ane gets older, or does ane simply give-up the ghost to a greater extent than realistic nigh what tin forcefulness out live done?

Busy Months Ahead

I know...I know...I'm retired...I should accept tons of fourth dimension on my hands in addition to I used to create all this in addition to to a greater extent than when I was nevertheless working...why can't I larn it all done now?

First of all, my career wasn't honestly that challenging in addition to I could larn most of my function done inward nigh 8 hours of actual function each week.

And since I worked from habitation for the terminal few years, retirement actually solely gave me dorsum 8 hours of fourth dimension each week.

But, since I was anchored to my desk for at to the lowest degree forty hours each calendar week (or at to the lowest degree needed to remain close), I couldn't live scheduled yesteryear Thaddeus to run to Costco or give-up the ghost larn my auto washed on a whim.  So I was dedicated to beingness somewhat productive for a lot to a greater extent than fourth dimension when I was nevertheless WORKING!  Who would accept thought?

These days, I'm getting gear upwards for the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat inward nigh v weeks...it came upwards fast this year.  I'm creating a novel organization associated amongst all of the Men's Knitting Retreats which I'll live announcing soon.  I'm chauffeuring my mom a lilliputian since she's inward a plastic kicking for vi weeks (3 to a greater extent than to go...hopefully her broken leg volition heal every bit fast every bit they estimated).  And of course, I'm blogging, knitting, cranking, spinning...etc.

What's on your calendar?

Current Knitting

I'm upwards to nine inches (lucky man) on the Briar Rose Pullover.

This is going to live ane WARM sweater when it's finished.  I'm nevertheless loving the coloring in addition to I'm nevertheless thinking the "wrong side" looks pretty dandy too.

The pooling of the variegated yarn isn't broken upwards quite every bit much every bit I unremarkably prefer on the other side, but it's a real rich textile that I'm creating...so I volition definitely nevertheless await to brand a sweater that's reversible.

Readers' Comments/Questions

Thank you lot all for the most amazing birthday wishes in addition to particularly the people that went out of their means to write a haiku...thank you lot all.

Also thanks to the folks that posted their thoughts nigh No Idle Hands...now I'm looking forwards to reading it fifty-fifty more.

Kids! 1 Don't Know What's Incorrect Amongst These Kids Today!

Kids! 1 Don't Know What's Incorrect Amongst These Kids Today!

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The older generation is ever disappointed inwards the side past times side generation of immature people because they are dissimilar inwards about critical ways than they "should" be.  Lazy, entitled, rock-n-roll crazed, selfish, dumb, unmotivated, etc., etc., etc.

Reconsidering

It's then tardily to hold off at younger people too remember they aren't equally ambitious equally they should be.  Or to a greater extent than spoiled than nosotros were.  Or experience similar they're to a greater extent than entitled.  It's tardily to criticize parents of immature people that they molly-coddle their brats.  How giving constant praise too vantage for nothing...that we've raised a population of entitled, self-centered immature adults who are inwards for huge disappointments when they larn inwards "the existent world."

Yes...like an English linguistic communication instructor inwards High School said, "Critiquing anything is easy."

But when I hold off at the side past times side generation of younger folks that I know, I own got to say, my experience is non whatsoever of the touchstone complaints.  Mostly, I run into a grouping of smart, responsible, self-assured, knowledgeable, caring immature adults.  Mostly I'm amazed at how much they appear to empathize most themselves too the globe too how insightful they tin move be.

The latest grouping of students from Parkland is a perfect illustration of immature people who own got proven themselves extremely capable of standing upward for themselves too equally good culling the back upward of the older generation to assist them brand the dry reason a amend place.  I'm wondering if these kids got trophies "just for playing" too if they were constantly lavished alongside praise too attention.  Because if they were, it clearly seems to own got worked for them.

In fact, I own got a many to a greater extent than critiques of the people inwards my generation these days.

Who would own got believed at that spot were then many who were then remember (enough to elect a racist for a president).  And worse yet, despite all evidence, they yet back upward the human being despite all he's done to ruin this country.  Ignorant...obstinate...uneducated...hateful...hypocritical...delusional.  Who tin move imagine that plenty of my generation aid then footling most the environs that they don't insist that our dry reason create anything at all most the climate crisis...in fact, they allow elected officials to function inwards straight opposition to efforts trying to ready it.  And it's genuinely unthinkable to me, that greedy organizations are allowed to dictate the laws nosotros own got most sane gun command too taxation that continues to brand them richer too maintain us poorer.  Yes, my generation has a lot to response for...what did our parents create wrong?

Perhaps my generation is the "lost generation" that nosotros should only laissez passer on upward on later all too permit the side past times side generation attempt to ready our mess.

Current Knitting

The weekend seemed to include a lot of knitting fourth dimension too yet I've yet entirely been able to add together a twosome of inches to the Briar Rose Pullover.

Given the weather condition out (cold, windy thunderstorms), I had to own got flash photos of the project, but yous tin move run into I'm almost upward to the armhole shaping.