Notes from A Lively Hope
What I've been making, doing and reading
We’re officially back to homeschool this week, and still trying to soaking up the last of the really warm summer days while they last. We spent a day at the lake with friends and we’re fully enjoying all of the tomatoes and peppers fresh from the garden.
I have been very slowly adding to my scrap yarn knitting project for years and just this week I decided to shift my plan and make a cushion cover instead of a blanket. I’ll share more soon, but I’m excited to be really close to a finish with that project all of a sudden. (I’ll share a video on youtube in the next few weeks)
I’m also deeply into a Top Secret Birthday Surprise quilting project (sneak peek above) and I’ve been challenging myself to fill up an older art journal before I move onto a new one. It’s been a delightful way to fill 10-15 minutes each morning. I really do set a timer; I find that helps me get started as well as not get to caught up in what I’m doing.
What I’ve been reading:
Just this morning I finished The Names by Florence Knapp. I absolutely loved the structure of this book. It’s really unusual and so well done. It’s a tough read, for sure (horrifying domestic violence specifically). But it is also beautiful and hopeful and engrossing.
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green was fascinating and eye-opening for me. Such a powerful history of the disease, as well as a deep look at the toll it has taken on the world and the systemic causes for why it is still running rampant across the globe.
What have you been reading lately?
In the Shop:
Here’s to making the time for the things we love to do!
Heidi