Another dies
non, I’m afraid. Helen is safely back, and we sat over the kitchen table
for a while this morning, and a friend joined us, and by then my morning oomph
was gone. I haven’t even made a start on the job the lawyer set me.
This afternoon I tried to watch last night’s program
about the Princess of Wales (the previous one – the title now belongs to
Camilla, whether she chooses to use it or not). Real scope for knitting there. But
the saccharine soon stuck in my throat. Do her sons really believe all
that stuff? Several commentators have remarked on the absence of Prince Charles
from the program – but what about Dodi? When Diana died, William and Harry were at ages when to have one’s mother cruising about the Med with her lover, reported
daily in all the papers, should have been exquisitely embarrassing. They can’t
have entirely forgotten.
I got a bit of knitting done, but not much. Surely I
can finish the second Polliwog sleeve tomorrow. But I’ve also got to figure out
a way to get knitting back into my life, now that television is retreating out
of it.
The good news is that Fruity Knitting has posted a new
episode, right on schedule. I’ve watched the early bits – Andrea is knitting again,
I’m happy to report. The big interview this time is Veronik Avery. I’m a great
fan of hers. I’m saving that to take to bed with me.
We all rewrite our own narratives, I'm afraid. It must be easier to only want to cover the sweet memories.
ReplyDeleteAs one who lost her mother at age 8.9 to a car accident, I feel their pain - and their desire to talk about her - and why shouldn't they want to paint her in the best way possible? I would have done the same, were I they.
ReplyDeleteRoyalty seems to create a whole lot of problems other people don't have that can reverberate for generations. I feel sorry for everybody. Chloe
ReplyDeleteCan you knit while listening to audiobooks?
ReplyDeleteIn their place I know I'd want to support the best possible public image, if only to counteract all the nonsense that is made up in the tabloids.
ReplyDeleteDo you have Elizabeth Zimmermann's knitting videos available? Reviewing them might be a pleasant occupation.
I wonder what you are doing at the time of day when television used to feature? Although there is often "Nothing on", there is usually something on Radio 4 or Radio 3. If you had some compelling knitting on the go - I still have hopes of seeing that Fair Isle vest - an hour or two could pass very nicely listening in.
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