secret society of words
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purleweI went to Rhinebeck. I am so glad I did. I can't imagine not going now. Not seeing, hearing and meeting such wonderful people, places and things. I got a little misty there as I was leaving on Sunday. I met people that I have really wanted to meet and more. I guess I am still just a bit overwhelmed.
I came out of it with a sense of wonder. I mean who are we, these random group of bloggers who really barely know each other? How does it all translate, this secret society of words into a group of fun loving, witty ladies who enjoy each other's company? Truly I was a satellite in their midst. I hardly ran into any of them all weekend. And I had given up hope of meeting YarnHarlot to give her a thank you present for the Snowdrop. I had even told Jen at Spirit Trails: Well, I won't get to meet any of them. I guess I'll just mail the yarn. And I headed over to the sheep to shawl competition to see how far along the Hudson Valley Rams were. I ran right into the "coven of bloggers" along the way! They invited me to lunch with them and I listened to their talk about everything under the sun. I thought about how I really read all day at work. I mean I know I work in a library but really all I do is read. Read for work, read for pleasure, read for friends, find out the minutiae of everyone else's everyday lives. Worry with people about things, send helpful ideas if they need them, congratulate them on events in their lives.. and never really meet them. And honestly I doubt if I even made a ripple, but they created waves for me. I started thinking about how much knitting really means to me and how knitters really look at what you do and hear what you say. Compliments were copious. People were not just being pretend nice, they wanted to tell people that their work was beautiful. They wanted to talk about how hard it was. Help people feel like they could do something new and intricate. Give them a boost about their new great design. And through it all I was overwhelmed and happy and made to feel part of a group even if I just had shown up for 20 minutes. I only wish I had ran into them sooner and that I had the guts to open my mouth more. But the sound of all of us together.. I could barely hear what side of the table was saying. All of that from the 20-30 minutes I got to spend with them. I am glad I ran into them. YarnHarlot liked her present and I got full of good warm and fuzzy feelings from everyone for the rest of the day. (And I never even took out my knitting!)
I will write more later. I have plenty of pictures and funny stories. I probably could take 2-3 days with pics and another day for description of events. I'll whittle it down. But I'll leave you with a taste: I met my roomie Amie for the Retreat and she gave me a hug like she'd known me all my life. I'm in the right place.
I came out of it with a sense of wonder. I mean who are we, these random group of bloggers who really barely know each other? How does it all translate, this secret society of words into a group of fun loving, witty ladies who enjoy each other's company? Truly I was a satellite in their midst. I hardly ran into any of them all weekend. And I had given up hope of meeting YarnHarlot to give her a thank you present for the Snowdrop. I had even told Jen at Spirit Trails: Well, I won't get to meet any of them. I guess I'll just mail the yarn. And I headed over to the sheep to shawl competition to see how far along the Hudson Valley Rams were. I ran right into the "coven of bloggers" along the way! They invited me to lunch with them and I listened to their talk about everything under the sun. I thought about how I really read all day at work. I mean I know I work in a library but really all I do is read. Read for work, read for pleasure, read for friends, find out the minutiae of everyone else's everyday lives. Worry with people about things, send helpful ideas if they need them, congratulate them on events in their lives.. and never really meet them. And honestly I doubt if I even made a ripple, but they created waves for me. I started thinking about how much knitting really means to me and how knitters really look at what you do and hear what you say. Compliments were copious. People were not just being pretend nice, they wanted to tell people that their work was beautiful. They wanted to talk about how hard it was. Help people feel like they could do something new and intricate. Give them a boost about their new great design. And through it all I was overwhelmed and happy and made to feel part of a group even if I just had shown up for 20 minutes. I only wish I had ran into them sooner and that I had the guts to open my mouth more. But the sound of all of us together.. I could barely hear what side of the table was saying. All of that from the 20-30 minutes I got to spend with them. I am glad I ran into them. YarnHarlot liked her present and I got full of good warm and fuzzy feelings from everyone for the rest of the day. (And I never even took out my knitting!)
I will write more later. I have plenty of pictures and funny stories. I probably could take 2-3 days with pics and another day for description of events. I'll whittle it down. But I'll leave you with a taste: I met my roomie Amie for the Retreat and she gave me a hug like she'd known me all my life. I'm in the right place.
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Right place?
Date: 2004-10-18 09:08 pm (UTC)Re: Right place?
Date: 2004-10-20 11:04 pm (UTC)what a beautiful post!
Date: 2004-10-18 10:31 pm (UTC)Gaile
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Yes, we were table neighbors!
Date: 2004-10-19 02:24 am (UTC)Rhinebeck
Date: 2004-10-26 03:51 pm (UTC)