Mary Magdalene in Toronto
Even though it's been cool this week, I know that my knitting season will soon be over. (No air conditioning in this house.) I'd like to get my Catherine Parr sweater done before high summer hits, as well as Oriental Flower, for my little granddaughter. I'm working the Catherine Parr in Hebridean 3-ply, from Virtual Yarns, in Selkie and Corncrake, and finding it very satisfying. I like the simple but effective color work in Catherine Parr -- the golden fretwork against the rich dark background, made rich by the flecks of color in the yarn and also by the texture of the allover diamond pattern. I like the feel of the Hebridean yarn, also rich. I'm enjoying as well the fact that the gauge is big enough that it goes pretty quickly. There's a picture of the border earlier on in the entry for the 10th of May -- I'll post another in a few days.
We're getting ready to drive north to Toronto, to see a production of the Digby Mary Magdalene play, at the University of Toronto. I'm taking the family, and driving up in a leisurely fashion, and missing the scholarly presentations, alas. But I'm looking forward to the production of the play, one of my favorites. I'm especially interested in seeing how the company produces it without the medieval infrastructure. Will they set the hell stage on fire, as called for in the script? How, exactly, will they construct the ship which is supposed to plow through the audience, taking various players from the Jerusalem stage to the Marseilles stage? I'll let you know.
Besides the Digby Mary Magdalene, however, the child and I are excited about getting to a Lush store in Canada. We got addicted to their stuff while we were living in England, and though we can indeed order it from Canada, the postage is too high for us to make it more than a Christmas treat. So we're going to stock up. Main goal: the Big Blue Bath Bomb, which 1) fizzes in the bath water delightfully, 2) turns the bath water a bright and deep blue, and 3) adds a lot of seaweed to the bath. Makes playing with boats even more entertaining than usual.
I've only met two of the Lush bath bombs that I wasn't ecstatic about, neither of which I can find on the shopping page -- perhaps they've been discontinued. One contained coffee grounds, and though the idea of sitting in a bath smelling like cafe-au-lait was a good one, the idea of sitting in a bunch of coffee gounds wasn't. Very disconcerting. "This is garbage," one thinks to oneself, which detracts from the joy of the experience. The other was full of shiny metal star-shaped confetti, and though lovely and darling, the points hurt when you sat on them.
But that's the Lush company for you -- always willing to try something new.
(For adult baths, my recommendations are Waving Not Drowning -- very calming -- and Tisty Tosty -- rose smell, and rosebuds to float in the bath.)
We're getting ready to drive north to Toronto, to see a production of the Digby Mary Magdalene play, at the University of Toronto. I'm taking the family, and driving up in a leisurely fashion, and missing the scholarly presentations, alas. But I'm looking forward to the production of the play, one of my favorites. I'm especially interested in seeing how the company produces it without the medieval infrastructure. Will they set the hell stage on fire, as called for in the script? How, exactly, will they construct the ship which is supposed to plow through the audience, taking various players from the Jerusalem stage to the Marseilles stage? I'll let you know.
Besides the Digby Mary Magdalene, however, the child and I are excited about getting to a Lush store in Canada. We got addicted to their stuff while we were living in England, and though we can indeed order it from Canada, the postage is too high for us to make it more than a Christmas treat. So we're going to stock up. Main goal: the Big Blue Bath Bomb, which 1) fizzes in the bath water delightfully, 2) turns the bath water a bright and deep blue, and 3) adds a lot of seaweed to the bath. Makes playing with boats even more entertaining than usual.
I've only met two of the Lush bath bombs that I wasn't ecstatic about, neither of which I can find on the shopping page -- perhaps they've been discontinued. One contained coffee grounds, and though the idea of sitting in a bath smelling like cafe-au-lait was a good one, the idea of sitting in a bunch of coffee gounds wasn't. Very disconcerting. "This is garbage," one thinks to oneself, which detracts from the joy of the experience. The other was full of shiny metal star-shaped confetti, and though lovely and darling, the points hurt when you sat on them.
But that's the Lush company for you -- always willing to try something new.
(For adult baths, my recommendations are Waving Not Drowning -- very calming -- and Tisty Tosty -- rose smell, and rosebuds to float in the bath.)
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