{"id":133,"date":"2009-09-10T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2009-09-10T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T22:44:00","slug":"homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":">Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s always wonderful to return home, but returning home after some hard sailing makes the pleasure even sweeter.  I may be a seasoned sailor after 35 years (well, maybe not<\/em>) but I will never be a a hardened sailor. Late summer often offers some big challenges.  My husband doesn\u2019t feel this way at all! You can check out a particularly hard day for me here<\/font><\/a> by clicking on the video.<\/p>\n

While sailing, I finished knitting (and partially sewing!) my kimono cardigan<\/font><\/a> from Dovetail designs.  I just tried it on and I love it!  (I don\u2019t say that often.)  I might not add the shawl collar since I like it so much as is!\"Sept.<\/a> <\/p>\n

(After wearing this sweater on two chilly days last week I have decided to knit the shawl collar, which you can see in progress)<\/p>\n

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While knitting I listened to my audible copy of The Pillars of the Earth<\/em>, by Ken Follett, read by John Lee.  I\u2019ve wanted to read this book for years and never got around to it.  To listen while knitting was a delightfully guilty pleasure!  It\u2019s hard to imagine wanting to actually read anything ever again when I can listen to someone who was chosen to read for their lyrical voice while I continue to knit!\"Pillars<\/a> <\/p>\n

Although I listened to four books on audible this summer,  I did manage to actually read two books:  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society <\/em>by Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows, and The Elegance of Hedgehogs <\/em>by Muriel Barbery (translated from French by Alison Anderson).  Both were delightful for the same reason! \u2026a quirky look at a particular time period in a particular niche of society.  Both were so well done that  I regret finishing them! I particularly regret that Ms. Shaffer\u2019s voice is gone from us now after such a lovely book.  <\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve just bought my ticket for the \u201cWild Fibers\u201d<\/font><\/a> annual dinner at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, which means I will definitely go the festival!\u2026in spite of never needing another ounce of spinnable fiber!  The weekend is October 17 and 18, and the dinner is Saturday evening.  If you will be there please let me know!  I want to meet you!<\/p>\n

Goethe said, "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."  I\u2019m off to do a little of that right now\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

> It\u2019s always wonderful to return home, but returning home after some hard sailing makes the pleasure even sweeter.  I may be a seasoned sailor after 35 years (well, maybe not) but I will never be a a hardened sailor. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-knitting","category-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}