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Unlinky Wednesday - the one where I go off-line

We are about to head into the mountains for 5 days of hiking, so I won't be linking up with my normal link-ups - and I'm not sure that there will be much posting on Christmas Day. Anyway, we don't Christmas, but we do hike!

One of the things I love about hiking is the amount of time there is, and how there is nothing to do. I'm very bad at doing nothing, so I always bring a fully loaded e-reader and a good knitting project.

The knitting project is The Traveler Shell by Andrea Mowry. It thought I knew what I was going to knit on this trip ( The Article  by Kate Davies ) and then out of the blue, less than a week before we left I decided I had to knit this. 

I cast it on a couple of days ago, because I don't want to get caught on a mountain with knitting that isn't working out:

In reading I'm going to clear a few NetGalley books, starting with Alarm Fatigue. I started it last night, and so far I'm enjoying it - the writing is a teeny bit clunky, but the premise ( a widow who is a bit of shut in and has some promises her daughters she will go on three dates. I won't spoil it) 

And then maybe reading Blob by Maggie Su - although that one is a PDF - the last one I request before I worked out how to tell, so if the formatting isn't good I'm not going to waste my time.

I'll be back on Monday to tell you all about our hike. Merry Christmas if you celebrate - happy Wednesday if you don't!

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  1. Kathy Martin31 December, 2024

    Happy hiking and Happy New Year!

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  2. Kathryn T31 December, 2024

    Hope the hike is very enjoyable and good weather for you. Alarm Fatigue does have a good premise. Happy New year.

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