reading (The Sun Also Rises)

I wasn't able to really get into the characters or the locations of "The Sun Also Rises" as much as I did "Green Hills of Africa." I did like the slow revealing of how Jake differed so from those he was with and the extent of his understanding. The drunken banter filled dialog rang as a true portrait and irritated me just as it would have if I ran into it sober in real life. Hemingway has a way of revealing the darker parts of human nature in a startlingly fine etched detail. You're not tempted to say, "Are we really that cruel to each other?" It's there in life, it just takes a typewriter and a talent to bring it into focus.

23. Ernest Hemingway "The Sun Also Rises"

little bits

For most of the last week I've been working steadily on my next chainmaille project. I'm not sure exactly what it's going to be yet, but that doesn't keep me from working on it. I'm making sheets of European 4 in 1, trying to do a piece 2 x 11 inches each day. That may not sound like much, but with the rings I'm using, it's over 1,000 rings weaved per day. I work on it for a while, then do something else for a while to minimize the repetitive motion damage. So far my right hand is just mildly resentful (not in full rebellion) and my left wrist is contentedly humming to itself.

Will it be a skirt, a vest, a shirt or a hauberk? It all depends on how much coverage I can get out of the rings I have available.