Sex Rubenesque

By Hailey Leithauser. Came across this poem when I was having a lumpish day.  Felt so much better afterwards - positively luscious!

    

Unleash the excess!
     Bring me cleavage and rumpage,
one heftable breast, then another,
     a buttock untrussed
and rhapsodic for humpage.
     Begin the maneuvers,

  purge girdles and covers; undress
    each strumpet of frumpage
  that revolts a fat lover. Release the noblesse,  

the cankles and haunch, trot out the lumpage—
            Deliver the flesh!

 

Knitter twitter

There are several misconceptions about knitting.

1) Knitting wool usually isn't. Wool. Mostly it's a well crafted acrylic/nylon/polyester mix. Real fibres are very expensive apparently.

2) Knitting will save you money?  It will not.  Especially if you like natural fibres (see point number 1).

3) Knitting is hot and retro - according to my stepdaughter.  She used this logic when she inveigled me to knit babyclothes for her bump. Me as hot Granny. Ha!

4) Knitting is easy? Well, the actual knitting is easy enough.  It's the counting and following a pattern that's difficult, especially in front of the telly (when you are trying to follow the movie).

5) Knitting is harmless?  Yeah right.  Within a week I've developed tennis elbow/tendonitis and blurred vision (OK, maybe I should be wearing my reading glasses)...

6) Home knitted garments are always appreciated?  Not when I was growing up they weren't.  There were years (remember, NZ sheep farming background) where I was dressed head to toe in handknits, and I didn't like it!

BUT

There is something very satisfying when another soft little garment is finished.

Maybe I'll keep going.... Just one more baby beret.... and maybe some little, tiny, cute wee shoes too.

These boots were made for walking (in snow)...

Since coming back from a NZ summer, and hitting the cold, I have been obsessed by the inadequacies of my wardrobe. Especially on the boot front.

I have 1 pair of boots - chunky, sturdy, servicable and relatively warm.  Looking a bit beaten up these days. Not dressy.  Not good in snow. This point made itself manifestly clear over the weekend with recent snow, when I found myself mincing across the driveway with little granny steps, trying desperately to not to lose my footing.

So a bit of nifty shopping has been done - some admittedly online. Light and fleecy lined snow boots have been ordered (not dressy but they don't need to be). It would be good to recieve them before the river cleanup next weekend as 5 hours on a forecast snowy riverbank will be a bit of a challenge.

I'm also assessing a pair of slightly dressier suede and and a pair of tidy leather boots.  I won't keep both pairs, but thinking of these as a work wardrobe option.  And lastly I couldn't resist a half price pair of casual boots that will also be good in the cold weather. Now I have to sort out my wardrobe space...