My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.
Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.
I just think that gardening is about the future, a slow thing, that is deep and spiritual as well as spiritually rewarding.
I don't always enjoy curating, but I do believe it's part of my job. It's a good exercise for my brain, like warming up. Just focusing on my work would be so depressing! For me, curating is necessary - it's like physical training.
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.
Music is a great part of my life. It helps me relax and keep calm whenever I am not boxing.
Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless and hands-on about cooking, which makes it feel like the very opposite of writing, which is heady but inactive.
I find that I have a lot of suppressed energy when I'm on a plane for a long period so when I'm holding a fidget spinner, being able to play with it and just sort of run my hands over it helps me out quite a lot; it helps me relax.
I've always enjoyed doing dishes. Maybe it was the fashionable yellow gloves that I loved so much. It's weird, I know, but I find cleaning cathartic.
When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.
Baseball is dull only to dull minds.
The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.
My favorite part of running is the thinking time.
I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.
I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.
Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face.
I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.
Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.
Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place.
Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have to deal with the outside world.
When my neighbor walks the dogs, he performs a ritual act of sacer simplicitas, to use the church Latin: "sacred simplicity." Walking the dog is in truth a ritual of renewal and revival on an intimate scale - a small rebirth of well-being on a daily basis.
Even though I'm resting I'm accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I've been meaning to sew for weeks. And it's relaxing. It's so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I'm producing something. I'm being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle.
