Back to the Grindstone
study time isn't complete without a hot cup of joe
School is back in session which means that a considerable amount of my time is spent reading and writing. This semester, I’m taking a class that has, so far, been really interesting and thought-provoking: Science and Spirituality. The opening discussion was about science and religion and whether they were mutually exclusive or integrated. Good stuff!
It’s online, which means that I don’t have to spend two hours total driving to class and back (major bonus in the winter!) but I do have to spend a lot of time on the message board. Wow, whoever thought that all of my online slacking skills would be put to such good use?
finished handspun sock yarn
Despite being back in school, I did manage to ply and dry the latest falkland singles I had on my wheel. It came out as a nice fingering weight (exactly 450 yards/100g) and I can’t wait to cast on some socks with it! There are still some places that are underspun/underplied -I am still very much a student of spinning- but all-in-all, I’m pleased. It did take FOREVER to be plied though! There will be no navajo-plied sample of this yarn because for once I actually finished both bobbins within mere inches of each other. That has got to be a sign of improvement!
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I have to tell you, this subject is a favorite of mine! One of the central concepts that I see raised in nearly every discussion falls along these lines:
Non-believer: I believe in evolution
Believer: How can you say life just ‘bam’ came about? It seems impossible to me.
Non-believer: Well, if ‘life’ can’t just spontaneously create, where did God come from.
Believer: He just is.
Its at this point that I typically wander off scratching my head…
Personally, I don’t believe the two to be mutually exclusive; however, my belief structure is a lot more ‘lax’ than that of most people. I see value in the teachings of both religion and science- all religions, with the exception of those fringe groups who drink the Kool Aid.
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