Chaperone

Okay, the Journey Wheel finally made her way up the stairs and is now playing interference . . . just in case the Little Gem and the Lendrum get any ideas.

Of course, the Journey Wheel isn't feeling its best right now. The string around the Flyer wheel broke, and while I was trying to adjust that, the string tensioning the spring also broke, so now I'm trying to get it back in working order, but still can't get the flyer drive band the right length, have everything rotate as it should AND stil be able to close it and put it in its case.

Really, when I'm done here, JW and I are going to have a friendly little chat.

I don't want you to think that we're angry with each other, though, because we're not. We're working together to solve this should-be-temporary little problem.

And in the meantime, I'm letting her hold this pretty braid of Vesper Blue-Faced Leicester roving in Pacific that came today. Turquoise and brown . . . mmmm . . .

Now, I'm going to get a head start on Thursday, with  . . .

Booking Through Thursday

1. Just out of curiosity, as we enter into Passover and Easter season . . . have you ever read the Bible? Just the odd chapter or Psalm? The whole thing? (Or, almost the whole thing? It's some heavy reading, of course, and those "begats" get kind of tedious.) I've read most of the Bible, but not all of it. Pretty much all of the Old Testament, though I skimmed a fair amount of the prophets . . . it got kind of redundant. (Sorry.) The New Testament? I'm stalled somewhere after the book of John...
2. If so, was it from religious motivation or from a literary perspective? Stuck with nothing else to read in a hotel room the Gideon's have visited? Any combination? Curiosity more than anything else. There really are some beautiful passages in there, but I'm not exactly zealous enough to plow through some of the most boring parts. (Well, some of it IS boring; that's not sacrilege so much as, well, fact.) It's certainly true that there's a lot of wisdom in there. I was raised as a Christian, and thought it behooved me to address the original text, as it were . . . and, seriously, one of these days I'll get all the way through to Revelations. Really!
3. If not, why not? Against your religious principles? Too boring? Just not interested? Something you're planning on taking care of when you get marooned on a desert island?
4. And while we're on the subject . . . what about the other great religious works out there? Are they more to your liking? I've read some of those, too, yes. I find the comparisons fascinating, and the different world-views endlessly interesting. My favorite analogy of religion? That all religions--all of them--are trying to get to the same peak of the same mountain--the answer to all your questions about why we're here, the meaning of life, all of it. But all of them are approaching from different angles--some have hard paths, some have easy. Some (like, say, the ones that promote human sacrifice), have their routes blocked by avalanches or crevasses. But they are all trying to get to the same place. I love that. Because to me, it doesn't matter what you call God (if you call Him at all), but asking the questions, and trying to be a good person that matters.

And, honest, that's about as "deep" as I'm going to get tonight!

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Comments

[JessaLu]

I see you have separated the two possible lovebirds...hopefully you moved quickly enough! ;o) My Lendrum seems to be leaning towards my Ashford...I may have to separate them soon!

[Christina]

Excellent answers! I have to get mine up soon. Happy BTT!

[Kim]

I am going to try and get some Vesper roving. Maybe it's not as hard to get as the sock yarn. I have never read the Bible or any other religious tomes (Torah, Koran, etc). I'm not an organized religion person (I'd like to think I'm spiritual) and haven't been that curious about reading anything like this. Religions are all seeking the same thing (answers, comfort, love yourself and others, etc). It's too bad that religon has been used for just the opposite (to justify war and oppress others).

[Carol]

Hopefully the little Gem and the Lendrum don't gang up on the Journey Wheel while she is under the weather!

[Kristi aka Fiber Fool]

I think seperation was a smart idea ;-) Sorry that the Journey isn't feeling well. That new roving should perk it right back up though, it is beautiful!

[Risa]

That vesper roving looks gorgeous!

I'm so sorry that you and JW are have these little disagreements.

[Carrie K]

Vespers? You really are getting a jump on Easter! Interesting questions this week!

[Chris]

Wow, quite the wheel collection you have going. :)

[Faith]

The two rovings look kind of bizarre together, yet in an aesthetically pleasing way. What are your plans for it? I'm excited to see what you come up with!

[minnie]

i did this one, too! i just ran across it on another blog. since i'm on hubbie's puter, i can't post on my blog, but it's under dragonknitter if you wanna see it. and i'm a junkie monkey as well, lol

[minnie]

i do have to tell you, revelations is scary. i've heard that john was mad when he wrote them. who knows. definitely not kid-lit (although my PITA SIL let my youngest read it (he had nightmares for weeks))