What to say?

Having spent so much time away from my blogging, it's difficult to know what to write about. I'm thinking about the pre-dissertation fellowship proposal I wrote over winter break, I'm thinking about the Racial Formation in the United States chapter I have to teach from tomorrow, I'm thinking about my power yoga class tonight, and I'm thinking about death and dying. Not because I'm dead or dying, or because I turn 30 in April, but because I'm taking a class called Death and Dying.

What's inspiring me right now? Leg warmers. I'm knitting a great pair of orange leg-warmers. A combination of fabulous Cascade wool and a soft kid mohair/silk blend. Warm and sexy! Nothing like a little knit-purl action on a circular needle - it doesn't get much easier than this, kids. And it knits up fast. I'm hosting an evening for crafty ladies this Thursday - six of us sitting around knitting, sewing, crocheting...J is contemplating exit routes as we speak. Somehow, he considers these crafty hobbies to be a bit incongruous with his masculinity, which I think is a pretty nice load of crap. I think he wants to knit, he just can't find the societal permission to allow himself to learn. Someday he will find the glory of knitting a hat, and then wearing his hat and feeling the goodness of his own handiwork. Maybe.