End of the Weekend

I did not spend much time learning this weekend, and not having pressure to do so is one of the nice things of being out of formal schooling. Life is my playground; time is my friend. I'm just saying things, but really, I was busy, and if I were not doing things - like work and visiting boyfriend this weekend, I would have auto-didacted, but living is learning in itself.

However, this evening I was able to read some of the Wise Encyclopedia of Cookery. I learned about Bread, Beets, Scalding... I'm going to be baking bread tomorrow morning, and perhaps I'll cook my beets as well. Hopefully mother will eat them, I like when we can eat the same food. I plan to brew kombucha tomorrow night too if I have a gallon jar. I'll also repot my choleus, lavander and perhaps the fern I bought today. I will put them together in a larger pot. Oh, and I bought some bulbs so if it's nice enough I'll plant them next to the front door tomorrow. So that's two things, I'll also read about Zelda and crochet, hopefully there is a good classic movie on TV! As well as practice my accordion. I need to get more serious about doing this. At this rate I'll never play in a polka band.

Oh yeah, I'd like to go downtown to Pinball Pete's and play... pinball! Bryan and I rediscovered this excellent pastime during a walk in East Lansing last week. It's so much fun! One needs familiarity and skill to become a pinball player, and capable of really understanding the game. Pinball is so fun and I want to be a competent player Further, it's so interesting that this game was such a hit with people of my parent's generation, when they were my age, and today no one my age plays it. Pinball is a lost art. It's interesting because part of the game is in your head. there are images of course, but the world you are transported to is partially imagined, but they do a good job getting this imagined world going through the motion of the pinball, the lights, the swooshing sounds, loud voices and the still images of the game's world. I want to understand this game.

Also, I have been reading craft and artist blogs, and I am really inspired by these incredibly creative people.
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