Comments on raining sheep: alternate paradigms

yes! what a sense of a accomplishment it must be a...

2009-09-28T15:58:00.978-06:00

yes! what a sense of a accomplishment it must be after running a full marathon! brava!

Good luck with your marathon Rania. Jane x

2009-09-25T12:32:03.765-06:00

Good luck with your marathon Rania. Jane x

Love the dress! I suffer from shin-splints as wel...

2009-09-25T05:10:55.992-06:00

Love the dress!

I suffer from shin-splints as well when I run and even when I walk too fast, so you have my greatest sympathies. All the best for the marathon. :)

Hey, great dress! I join with everyone else in wis...

2009-09-24T20:55:04.291-06:00

Hey, great dress! I join with everyone else in wishing you the best with your training and marathon adventure.

I am sure you will do well in the race, best wishe...

2009-09-24T15:13:25.768-06:00

I am sure you will do well in the race, best wishes for it.

Raine, Good luck on the marathon. You are my hero....

2009-09-24T12:27:15.019-06:00

Raine,
Good luck on the marathon. You are my hero. I found a "Shabby button" for your blog that says, "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain." http://www.shabbyblogs.com/button.html

Good for you!! Good luck on your marathon. It's a...

2009-09-23T23:17:59.940-06:00

Good for you!! Good luck on your marathon. It's a great achievement!

Good luck with your marathon. Lovely photos as al...

2009-09-22T21:02:49.126-06:00

Good luck with your marathon. Lovely photos as always.

I agree. Aren't shin splints nasty? I cure mine ...

2009-09-22T13:58:18.324-06:00

I agree. Aren't shin splints nasty? I cure mine with aleve and ice!

Good luck on your marathon training!

Beautifully said. And I totally agree. Sorry to ...

2009-09-21T09:10:06.709-06:00

Beautifully said. And I totally agree. Sorry to hear you are continuing to have problems with your training...it says a lot that you are pushing through to reach your goal.

Good luck with your shin splints and training Rain...

2009-09-21T06:39:18.295-06:00

Good luck with your shin splints and training Raina. I would love to be able to run a marathon. SO much harder than knitting a simple sweater!

Oh, I couldn't agree more, Raina! I'm one of those...

2009-09-21T02:51:45.598-06:00

Oh, I couldn't agree more, Raina! I'm one of those who do it the hard way sometimes too--LOL! There is something satisfying in completing or accomplishing something that while is hard, sometimes down right difficult, and making it through to the end. Although, I confess as a runner once-upon-a-time in my late teens I eventually gave up running due to shin splints--it was just too, too hard--LOL! But I wish you well these last weeks are you continue training and preparing. It is a body game, but it is a mind game too. Just love the photos here--they have such an ethereal quality...very dreamy. Happy Days, my friend! :o) ((HUGS))

so very close now - I can't WAIT to hear how it al...

2009-09-20T20:26:29.329-06:00

so very close now - I can't WAIT to hear how it all goes!

Enjoy your taper - get your hands busy knitting while your legs do some resting.

GOOD LUCK!

You know, I've not thought about knitting that way...

2009-09-20T19:19:43.676-06:00

You know, I've not thought about knitting that way before. But it is so true that what gives us the most sense of satisfaction and accomplishment is the things that we have to work hard for. It is amazing that you set this goal for yourself and that you so close now to seeing it through. We'll all be here cheering for you along the way!

So very true - good luck with the training. Gorgeo...

2009-09-20T17:58:49.755-06:00

So very true - good luck with the training. Gorgeous images as always!

Very true. I also look at knitting as entertainme...

2009-09-20T17:40:02.093-06:00

Very true. I also look at knitting as entertainment and therapy, all rolled into one. lol

Such sage advice, there is a deep satisfaction abo...

2009-09-20T13:46:20.339-06:00

Such sage advice, there is a deep satisfaction about knowing you covered each step of the journey, whether it be 42km or a mansized sweater personally. You get a very different perspective. Enjoy the marathon.

Nicely said. I also like what you said the other...

2009-09-20T13:31:26.821-06:00

Nicely said.

I also like what you said the other day about your memories of the CR, it is interesting, it is exactly how I remember this country while growing up. I even remember concrete at places where it physically couldn't have been. And in the 1980s everything looked twice as worse. When I come across documentary photographs from that time, they are heavy with gloomy atmosphere, it breaths out, you can tell. It is very strange I think, although not surprising.

If you come back you would probably travel back in time, things have changed but not that much for those who don't have very good memories. (Although I wish we could meet in person.)

it's all about the process and the experience...no...

2009-09-20T10:33:54.316-06:00

it's all about the process and the experience...not the product or destination...right. good luck with your marathon and take care too.

My mother-in-law could never understand why I woul...

2009-09-20T08:03:01.833-06:00

My mother-in-law could never understand why I would go out and buy beautiful fabrics, come home, cut them up into a million pieces, then stitch them all back together! I think she thought I was slow-witted! "Don't you know you can but beautiful quilts at JC Penneys?"

So, I completely understand your desire to run your marathon, as I do my daughter's. That doesn't mean I'd ever want to run one. Socks, yes. Quilts, yes. Marathons, never! Hope you do well and suffer no more shin splints....

As soon as I read the why run you can drive commen...

2009-09-20T02:05:28.919-06:00

As soon as I read the why run you can drive comment it made me think of the numerous times I've been asked why knit a sock when you can buy them so cheaply :)

best of luck with your marathon...how could anyone...

2009-09-19T23:31:43.963-06:00

best of luck with your marathon...how could anyone compare driving with the accomplishment of running or knitting socks with buying them at walmart....some things are not understood by all.
i think it is amazing your doing it!

No drive anywhere would match a fraction of the sa...

2009-09-19T17:16:37.971-06:00

No drive anywhere would match a fraction of the satisfaction of running there. Good luck with your marathon!

you are absolutely right Raina... lovely photos......

2009-09-19T16:41:00.112-06:00

you are absolutely right Raina...
lovely photos...
and those shin splints...{i get them as well}
good luck on the race.