tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post2697478161158128552..comments2023-11-12T13:16:00.150-03:30Comments on My Fair Isle: Wanted: A Real VacationRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-42616061660366409712011-12-04T09:34:40.141-03:302011-12-04T09:34:40.141-03:30Be mindful too that the train option came from the...Be mindful too that the train option came from the woman who spent her latest much-needed vacation (only 3 years late, not built of your stuff!) crocheting 20" square after 20" square and putting dollars in a 14yo's jar whenever I talked about work (ended up being $20ish). So I didn't exactly sit and stare. Still it was a wonderful vacation! Want us to give you an "assignment" like that? One of your friends must be hoping to cover something in yarn somewhere sometime soon...Xxx. Xxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216182080405001347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-27009802137862360292011-12-03T18:11:29.152-03:302011-12-03T18:11:29.152-03:30I hear ya Jan! But I decided that, given I have 1...I hear ya Jan! But I decided that, given I have 15 years of not taking vacation, I will not sweat the money part too much. The train option is interesting....but Amtrak is just so, so awful. Have to think about it a bit. I so like the idea of sitting and knitting, maybe even spinning, instead of driving. Need to do a bit of research on that....Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-69491555962889615082011-12-03T13:01:55.791-03:302011-12-03T13:01:55.791-03:30ah yes - the vacation! and how terrible is it that...ah yes - the vacation! and how terrible is it that we most need one when we can least take it ($, work, etc...). I vote for south and not too far - you don't need to travel much since I would think that would add to stress. How about the Outer-Banks? Just a dab down from NYC (maybe a day's drive) so beautiful and probably not too crazy busy...but then I'm an east coast gal. Now I LOVE New Mexico but if I were doing that I'd take the train for sure. Lots of knitting and snoozing time on the train...Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-40054790290715335342011-12-02T21:21:31.021-03:302011-12-02T21:21:31.021-03:30If however you need to go to Montreal, and who doe...If however you need to go to Montreal, and who does not now and again, there is a train. I suggest you throw yourselves on the mercies of Amtrak. Bring a blanket, pillows and whatever else you'll want should there be long idle periods on the tracks, and let someone else carry you over the border.<br /><br />Robyn, dearest. I'm so sorry about your week, your precarious sense of well-being, and your lack of respite for so long! Please go somewhere and rest. I'm with Finn. Contemplate doing nothing. Sleep, sit and stare, rest. Stop. Take care of you. Be well. xoxoXxx. Xxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216182080405001347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-23525033838806620972011-12-02T11:48:43.424-03:302011-12-02T11:48:43.424-03:30New Mexico - YES - There are hot springs, great h...New Mexico - YES - There are hot springs, great hiking - no wild flowers this time of year, but pinon smoke, Pueblos to visit, great hiking, a Zen Center on the road I live on, good museums and we can - at last meet.Stone Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430333778185444747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-3367581113842181462011-12-02T11:03:07.081-03:302011-12-02T11:03:07.081-03:30Thanks Dorina. NM has a strange hold on me too, a...Thanks Dorina. NM has a strange hold on me too, although I have only seen photographs of it. The added bonus of a small crew of most awesome knitters and spinners there also makes it very appealing.<br /><br />Helen - my thoughts have turned to you frequently this past week. Although I (almost) daily state my gratitude for my health (out loud - I think it is THAT important), it isn't until it actually seems to be slipping away that it really hammers home what an incredible thing it is to be fully healthy and active. Sound body and mind - there is very little else we really need.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-7955173788264085362011-12-02T08:51:00.393-03:302011-12-02T08:51:00.393-03:30Definitely head south (and west too, if you want) ...Definitely head south (and west too, if you want) Warmth and wide open spaces are good ideas. <br /><br />Bring a bathing suit, and spend part of each day immersed in relaxing water. (bring a big cushy bath robe and find a jacuzzi if you can too!)<br />Enjoy! <br />(i know the feeling--of being ill, (and scared) and thinking--Hell if i can do this, why am I not doing <b>that</b>--a vacation for you, a new printer(a working one for the first time in 2 years!)and wifi for me.<br /><br />What ever it takes! (and keep well!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396678842259578953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38749589.post-11424988909908116332011-12-02T03:22:17.411-03:302011-12-02T03:22:17.411-03:30hmmmm . . new mexico to me has always whispered: v...hmmmm . . new mexico to me has always whispered: vacation, peace, relaxation, quiet, breathe, air, sun, sand, healthy people, wildflowers, herbs, smoke, inner calm, clouds . . <br /><br />besides . . it'd be a nice drive.<br /><br />i vote for new mexico. it's just a gut feeling . .dorinalouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997381262511104320noreply@blogger.com