i shared before that i did a little ritual to celebrate the solstice. this was the intention that was left at the end of 12 days of burning intentions. "have people over at least once a month." i'll admit, i was a little disappointed at first. but interestingly, since this became my intention, the notion of gathering people together keeps popping up everywhere. like in this really wonderful episode of ezra klein's podcast.
so, what have i done to fulfill this intention so far? in january, i hosted a board meeting of our little creative group, creagive, at my house. i made ramen for everyone and we ate together and had our meeting. most of the members had to google what ramen was, but they left with full bellies and their horizons expanded. and i had some nice company in the middle of husband's trip to ukraine, which i really needed to distract me from worrying about him. a couple of days later, i had some old colleagues who have become friends over for the same meal. so i hosted twice in january. make that three times - we also invited a neighbor who is moving over for fastelavnsboller and to see my weaving studio one sunday afternoon.
tomorrow, i'm hosting three good friends for a little galentine's celebration in the afternoon. just really good coffee and small chocolate lava cakes, which i will make for the first time. i was so happy to be planning this, that i decided to make a small handmade valentine for each of them - a little stitched heart-shaped brooch for each. it was lovely to spend a couple of evenings crafting these, one for each of my friends, thinking about what they might like and seeing where my supply stash and creativity would take me. a little burst of creativity that was a surprising side-effect of my resolution to have people over.
i'm pondering the party we're going to have in the summer to celebrate my citizenship, husband's 61st birthday, my 59th and our 27th wedding anniversary. it bugs me that people only do a big celebration on the "big" numbers - we "should" have done one for our 60th or for our 25th anniversary, but i resist the tyranny of convention and so why not celebrate 61 and 59 or 27 years?
my friend said she had been thinking of themes for the party - something i hadn't considered. and now i can't stop thinking about it. what if everyone had to come in a blow-up costume like my beloved t-rex? my friend suggested taylor swift albums, but husband wasn't so keen on that. husband and i discussed maybe a james bond theme last evening, that would fit us both.
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an insane amount of questions regarding the new citizenship law from one (racist?) member of the committee who happens to be a member of dansk folkeparti?
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funny how he got parked in strange corners all over the company and never made VP, despite being there for 39 years...just seems a little weird, don't you think?
and yes, i'm still a little bit bitter.
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ugh, the knitting community on social media is a pretty toxic place. i wouldn't even know about this, since it's happening on instagram, but knittok is talking about it as well. why are women so nasty to one another? and why do people think knitting designers owe them something?
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