Cup of Coffee (343)

Above: a glimpse of my Advent Shawl in process for December 2018.

Episode 343 of the CMP, a Creativity Matters Podcast

In this episode of the CMP, thoughts on the idea of a “creative” (or “art-themed”) white elephant exchange and four vignettes from the days of December. These are simple quotidian moments…. a forgetful or absentminded coffee, a lost notebook, a notebook that is falling apart (in funny ways) despite bits and pieces of washi tape, and a daily knitalong (KAL) shawl project in rainbow colors that has given me a way to integrate some leftover bits from years (and gifts made and given) past. I evidently had trouble counting, on the spot…. I said over and over again that there are 5 colors in my set of rainbow “minis” (small skeins of yarn that are similar in concept to ink samples). But when I said the colors, you probably heard 6. There are six. Six colors.

I recorded in a hurry the morning of my mom’s arrival. Turned out her plane landed an hour early!

I hope you are enjoying your days of December, too. I’ll be working on “end of year reflection and planning” with the Facebook group — and hope to really be able to take a look at how my year went and how to make 2019 a year that moves some of my goals forward.

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