OK, so I started out Tuesday with a dentist appointment, really early for me. But after that things got better. The dentist was in Jackson (30 minutes straight south) so I went looking for Dropped Stitch, a shop in that town that had moved in the last 2 years since I was there last.

She had some alpaca at great prices. This is good because I am on a misison to knit an alpaca stole for a friend who really needs a hug, yet who lives too far away for me to hug her. This stole will be different than others I’ve done because it will be knit specifically to be warm and very very soft. The others were a combination of texture and color. This stole needs to be mostly alpaca, and thank goodness for the good prices I found so that I could do it “right.” It really needs alpaca to fit what I have in mind.

I came home, took a tiny nap to make up for the early alarm, then listened to the Flying Ukulele Radio Hour. Uke Jackson, the DJ, played Brian singing “Ghost of the St. Louis Blues” for his Halloween theme. It really is a good cut, not on any of our CDs yet. Brian recorded it thinking of Halloween/Midwest Ukefest this weekend. I think it’s a very good vocal performance for Brian as well as his typically wonderful instrumentals. Very bluesy, not like most of his other work.

Then I drove to Ann Arbor to meet my Brother, Eric, and his wife Diana, at the Exotic Bakery (Syrian deli). Yum! We sat for two hours. First we talked, then we ate, then Eric and I talked in between me answering Diana’s questions about making toe up socks. She’s doing her first pair after she does a little trial toe for practice.

THEN I went to Eastern Accents on 4th Street downtown Ann Arbor, and met with several friends I met originally at the Borders knit-ins at Arborland. They only meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, and only January through mid-November. Except we like each other too much to meet that infrequently… so we meet elsewhere on other Tuesday nights. I was very happy to be there.

When I got home, Brian and I rehearsed (our normal time for beginning rehearsal, actually, is somewhere between 10:30pm and midnight). That was fun, though I didn’t sing much since I’m still babying a little bit of a cold.

Off to bed… no pictures right now, although I have a bunch of photos to process and then share. Have a great Wednesday.

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