Okay, I've settled on...

..."detached" to described how I've been feeling since November. I'm starting to feel more "tached" and tomorrow I'll post a picture of my latest finish, along with my apostrophe about these past few months.

 

Later, gators. 

Heh

In this world of anguish and travail, Roku seems to have found a way to unite us all in our hatred of its New! Improved! interface.

The TLDR (thank you, young friends!) version: Settings/Home Screen: hide "Quick Access". (Also, play around with tile size while you're there. "Large" seems to fit the bill for me.)

I'm officially old and hate changes. However, I'm not too old to Google "I hate the new Roku platform" and read up on what everyone else is saying and recommending! 

Not gone, but not necessarily here either.

 So, after watching some of this episode, I decided to search Google Images for my name. I scrolled and clicked until I came to Google's conclusion, "The rest of the results might not be what you're looking for." without seeing an image of me. I'm satisfied. Can't say exactly why, but it feels good.

I'm walking a fine line right now between extreme privacy and forcing myself to get out and interact with people. I rehearse every Monday night with my new chorus Women of Heartsong (that's me in the back row, looking at my hands instead of the camera). I play Rummikub every Tuesday with women at the facility where my mom lived her final years. I sing karaoke every 3rd Sunday at that same facility. I meet monthly with the Community First! Quilters (and just finished a 2-day "retreat" with several of them). And yet, on the way home from each interaction, I'm mentally checking off a "Done" box.

 I enjoy it while I'm in it, but I'm glad it's done when it's over. And that's where I'm at right now. Depression, or Existential Exhaustion? I'm rooting for what's behind Door #3.

Not gone

 Just waiting for the blog mojo to wander back from its walkabout.

Christmas is finished, the Goose is over-fat...

It's a weird juxtaposition when your brain tells you the Christmas projects--and therefore Christmas itself--are done, yet Hallowe'en hasn't yet arrived!

In my last post I'd listed the projects I'd hoped to get finished and donated at the final (for this calendar year) meeting of Community First! Quilters in October:

Advent Calendar

Bunny

Wallhanging

Garlands

Bunny didn't make it (he's still 'living' with me, with hopes of more relatives in the next 12 months) but everything else did!

Garlands

I did it! I made garlands as planned!! When I finally sandwiched, quilted, and trimmed all the strips and scraps, I had 367 strips (7.25"x1.5") to make into chains.

Why Can't Carolyn Count?

So, back to the Arkansas Cross Road blocks and project.

From this layout of all the pieces . . .

. . . I carefully sorted everything into two piles, making sure the blocks with the bright orange squares were equally split between the piles. It doesn't look like it here, but the bright orange really flashed out to me in person, and I didn't want them all grouped in one border or area.