An important part of my day is my daily two-mile walk (Bruce says he’s clocked it at a mile and three quarters, but I know it’s two miles. Besides, after I’ve run up and down the stairs a few times locating my keys, glasses, and sun hat, it must surely add up to two miles). I generally suit up with my iPod and digital camera, and take off. Multi-tasking is the word here. I can listen to Syne Mitchell and
WeaveCast
and not miss a beat as I whip out the camera and photograph the newest blooming thing in the neighborhood.
You don’t know about Syne? Shame on you. She’s literate, passionate about weaving, and has a nice voice. She makes me laugh and cry in equal amounts, a great companion for a walk. And she has just launched
WeaveZine, a new online magazine for weavers, which I hope will encourage hundreds and thousands of new people to take up handweaving and increase the weaving population worldwide. That will be good for all of us.
The other podcast I enjoy on my walks is David Reidy’s
Sticks and String. David is a self-described “bloke,” who chats about his knitting activities and all sorts of other things, like the opera, Australian politics, his cats, and the blue-tongued lizards in his garden. And if you’re a fiber enthusiast, you’ve got to love a person whose motto is
carpe lanam. He’s a genial and prolific essayist, and I wish he were my next-door neighbor.
