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I hope you missed me--I missed myself! I've been awfully busy lately (i.e. too busy to post), as I have (a) successfully mounted the run of my latest musical, Bootie and the Beast, followed by (b) coming down with the most persistent cold (I've nicknamed it "Javert"), that's only now starting to retreat. We featured the song "Hygge" from the musical Frozen in our show (our shows are assemblage, incorporating extant songs with a brand-new script). I still can't pronounce it (I think it's a cross between gewgaw and Jorge), but I gather it means something akin to happy, comfy, and cozy. In other words, all the feels I get when knitting, contemplating knitting, or gathering knitting supplies.
To quote the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood (which I had the pleasure of appearing in twice, both times as drug-addicted choir master John Jasper, for those of you who don't think I have a 'type'), "There are two men in me," and no, it's not dirty. Poor John Jasper is sometimes a kind, caring avuncular type, and at other times a raving maniac. (Note that the Dicken's novel upon which this was based came out a full 16 years prior to Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but clearly influenced its author). And, as I contemplate my purchases while I continuing the satisfying but lengthy task of organizing my yarn, I realise that there are two men in me as well. The first me (I'll call him Uncle Stashle