A Tzaddik

 A bit later than my usual mid-month.  Work has been busy, and I was going to write a post over the weekend, and then came word that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died on Friday, and everything else seemed unimportant as we Jews faced the double obligation to celebrate Rosh Hashonnah, our new year, while mourning a wise leader.  It is said that those who die just as Rosh Hashonnah begins are a "tzaddik", an especially righteous person, as their death is delayed as long as possible so they can continue to do good in the world.  Certainly with all the illnesses she overcame, it seems that RBG is one of those.

Memorials have been many, from friends and people she influenced and her colleagues.  The son of one spoke eloquently about the friendship his father, the late Antonin Scalia, had with Justice Ginsburg - one of shared interest in opera and the law, that allowed them to be friends outside the chamber even though they usually disagreed within it.  I especially like what Retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said, which could be guideposts for all of us to follow as a way to honor her:

By her learning she taught devotion to the law. By her dignity she taught respect for others and her love for America. By her reverence for the Constitution, she taught us to preserve it to secure our freedom.

How did September get here?

I don't know whether it's because I haven't been traveling, or just because time is warped this year, but it doesn't seem as though it should be September.  And yet, here it is.

I also don't feel as though I have much more to report than I did in the previous post.  Work has continued, and we signed one deal but another has taken quite a turn, so I'm busy with it but in a different way.  I found out that eBay was offering sellers extra free listings in August, and that gave me incentive to go through my stash and post a number of auctions.  Many years ago somebody sniffed that you never receive what you paid for the yarn, so why bother?  My thought is that I get the advantage of more space in my home, a bit of money in return, and somebody else may love getting yarn at a good price.

So far, it seems to be working that way.  I've also sent boxes to people who make items for charity, and donated a bunch more (do you know the IKEA Dimpa bag? we'd had one of those donated to a local makerspace, and after sorting out the yarn it included I filled it with other yarn to donate) to a local thrift/charity store.  A woman on KnitTalk has been posting about the good things she is excited to find at her local charity/thrift store, so I don't mind donating to mine.  Again, somebody benefits.

August mini-Resolutions Update

As I said, no progress.  I didn't finish the Boneyard Shawl, nor any of my own UFOs, although I did finish several that were in the Dimpa bag with the yarn.  In addition to the striped hat in the last post, I finished the hat with the entrelac top, and put together some granny triangles into a scrappy scarf:

Also shown are a hat and mittens made of scraps of a multi and some royal blues, and an in-progress scarf of (not mine) handspun.  So I've made plenty of things this month, just not the ones I resolved to finish.  So........

September Mini-Resolution

Easy ones, just rolling over from August:  Finish the Boneyard Shawl, and at least one of my own UFOs.  I've made some progress on one UFO, but not to finishing.