A dishcloth here...a dishcloth there.

I'm enjoying a busy brain time. I have to do more than one thing at a time to quiet my thoughts.

My husband is used to me reading, playing a computer game, listening to music or watching a favorite movie, and doing handwork all at the same time. (Yes, it is possible. I bet it looks even stranger than it sounds.)

Here's what I'm knitting:

Simple, useful, fun, and no counting. The pattern is "Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth." Dear Son gets them as packing in his packages...and he loves them. They can be thrown in the laundry and tossed, without guilt, when they wear out.

I've got the pattern written out somewhere. It's easy to find a million places on the 'Net. The only thing I do differently is I slip the first stitch and work up to 54 stitches. It also works as a great baby blanket pattern. I'll find my copy and post it later if anyone wants it.

Reading; The Ranger by Ace Atkins

I found a new-to-me series.

It's about an Army Ranger, Quinn Colson, that returns to his hometown in Mississippi.

I'm on my third book in the series and I'll go through all the copies in the ebook section of my library.

Ace Atkins is the same author that took over writing the Spenser novels when Robert Parker died. This series reminds me of the early Spenser books before Parker tired of writing them.

I'm going to try to keep posting the books I read. It's hard to remember by the titles alone. Atkins's books all start with "The" and that's just not helpful.

New Journal

I found the most wonderful journal.

You can't tell by the scan,but the lines are shiny gold.

The journal is perfectly flat when it's open. Just right for a folded crane to live on one page. I'm enjoying folding a crane and then writing an entry...or not. One day I made a happy face on the page next to the crane. Today, a note to myself. After I wrote the entry, I wished I had left the crane upside down on the wrong page. I may do it that way on purpose tomorrow.