Dear Noelene, I love your poetry, and have saved this one as well. You put things so very well.
But, taking the sense of your poem, Retirement seems to do that. I am a morning person, and so I tend to get up at 5 a.m. Since retired people generally don't have to be breakfasted, dressed and sensible at 7:30 in the morning, I go downstairs, the dog and I go get the paper, I make the coffee and tea, start breakfast if necessary, and then sit down with my coffee and start to make lace. It's set up at the end of the kitchen table, near the sliding glass door, with the mug heater on the table for the coffee, and off I go, until the sun rises, frequently. Simply keeping the lace set up ready to go, without bobbin holders pinned down and only the cover cloth properly over all, entices me to sit and make lace. Might also help to schedule in the lace making as part of your chores, or an award for some chores finished. I consider sorting lace books a chore, as I am not making lace. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I've done 2 hours of lace. Big mug of coffee is finished. Noelene wrote: >Retirement. > >They all promised me >when retirement was due, >I'd be doing so much with my lace. >I'd have oodles of time >To plan and create, >And have projects all over the place. > >But then the day came, >And I planned to sit down >With all of that thread that I'd bought. >With pins and my pillows >And bobbins galore >And great piles of books just to sort. > >But where does the time go? >I really can't say< >The days seem to disappear fast. >As the days now fly by >I seem to do LESS >Just where did I find time in the past! > >Noelene >noel...@lafferty.com.au > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
