I'm sitting here, at my lakeside cottage, looking at the lake & our dock & thinking.
My husband & I have this beautiful lake house in the country, with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, yet visits from family & friends are very rare. It's seems like our city friends (we live in Montreal, Canada) are not fond of the country. Or me. Not sure which. And in the 7 years we have been cottaging, I've found it hard to make friends here.
I work as the Chief Underwriter of a large factoring & asset-based factoring company in Montreal. Although I can be a hard-nosed business person, I also love crafts: I've made dolls, I've sewn, I've embroidered, and now I am completely addicted to knitting. This seems to be a contradiction to most people, although it makes perfect sense to me. Crafts take me away from the business world, allow me to re-charge & relax in a way that I don't get with sports, cooking, etc. Yet many "crafty" women are intimidated by me (job, budget,strong personality, etc). At least, that's what I think it's all about. I may be wrong, but no one is telling me.
So I sit on the porch & knit. A lot.
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