Long Lost Rug

When was the last time I took a photo of my rug-in-progress? Before the finger break, I think. Anyhow, here it is. I'm probably about one third of the way through. Far enough to realize I'll need a two-inch border to tie it all together.

Surprise, surprise - I like it so far. I especially enjoy the meditative act of hooking. Yesterday evening I put on a relaxation track that normally puts me to sleep and hooked. I finished feeling refreshed, relaxed. So in that sense, the doing is more important than the final product.

Enough procrastination! (Taking pictures of my rug, hooking my rug, mowing the lawn, more hooking, writing this post ...) Back to revision.

Rebecca Grabill

Rebecca has been writing since childhood, her first book about a kitten published between homemade cardboard covers in second grade. Although she studied religion and philosophy in university, she continued writing, earning an MFA from Hamline University and publishing multiple picture books (no longer with homemade covers) and a collection of poetry with a variety of New York and independent publishers. She has also published a wide array of fiction, essays, and poetry in magazines and journals and photographs for Getty Images. She balances writing with homeschooling the younger of her six children, launching her young adults, church activities, and overseeing a small flock of chickens in rural West Michigan.

www.rebeccagrabill.com
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