I’ve always liked reading the obituaries. It’s a great way to learn about contemporary history or the place where you live.
In Saturday’s New York Times, the obituary of a woman named Chiara Lubich. She was a peace activist working within the framework of the Catholic church. She didn’t seem to be a rabble rouser, but rather started a lay community that had as its key word “unity” and focused on inter-religious dialog. She met with Buddhist monks and preached at a mosque.
Religion, for all its exploitation by governments and fear-mongers to acquire power and subdue other people, also has enormous potential to bring us together, across religious lines.
Today’s knitting-I’m in the Mary Thomas group on Ravelry, where we go through the Mary Thomas pattern books and knit swatches. Knitnerdy and fun. So far (just started this weekend) I’ve done something called Grecian Plait. I also did my own variation, (top of the swatch) where I alternated the twist on alternate knit rows.
