Mar 24
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
There is a lovely Tom Chapin (Harry Chapin's brother) song, a lullaby round that sings about what kids need before bed:
Oh Mom, I need a glass of water,
just a small one,
Mom, I need another story,
just a short one
Mom, I need another hug,
please
I cannot hear it without tearing up and laughing, simultaneously. Putting Alice to bed is more and more like this. We'll get it straight, eventually.
I accompanied Aerin to her friend's Bat Mitzvah today. It was interesting. In a liberal college town, the only possibility was a strongly reformed congregation, and there was a lot of equality in the congregation. I liked many parts of it. Aerin did all the right things - I was very proud of her - and wound up making friends with another girl there, and dancing, and laughing and having a great time.
Bat Mitzvahs are good for knitting. Several people admired the sock-in-progress. I felt I was channelling the Harlot and Representing like mad.
One woman asked how many hours it took to make a sock. She gave me a funny look when I said it didn't matter, it was what kept me happy and polite. I really have no idea, and there didn't seem to be a good answer for her. I also had two very nice conversations about knitting what pleases you, plus a location for a yarn store in Brattleboro, another one about the right kind of mood for getting into Terry Pratchett's books, and one long one about kids' relative happiness at school and home. Quite nice, all told.
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