Doing: I was supposed to go up to Seattle today for Sunstone Northwest, but I was too exhausted to drive up yesterday and I ended up meeting with a friend for a very quick dinner. Instead, today, I went to a Thanksgiving potluck, sponsored by Affirmation, which is a group for the LDS (past and present) LGBT (and friends and allies) community. There was a pretty good turnout, with close to 40 people that showed up, mostly people that I didn’t know, although there were a few friendly acquaintances. The stories told made me cry – there was a 14 year old, who came out a couple of years ago, and his family completely supported him. There was a man who attended one of the inner city congregations whose husband joined the church a year ago. Many couples who have been together for years. I had a vision of what our churches could look like if they were all embraced and welcomed to our congregations. I could only tell them, that as an ally, I am trying to make a place for them because I want them there, that our visions of Zion won’t be realized until after we have welcomed the marginalized. There are hints of progress – today, it’s enough to latch onto, an anchor of hope.
Thinking: Polygamy and how much I hate it and how much I hate that it’s been on every major news source so it’s all that my Facebook groups have talked about for the last 3 weeks. Make it stop. I haven’t quite got my feelings sorted it out into words, but this sort of sums up some of it.
Reading: I finished Rose Under Fire this week. It made me cry. Highly recommended and as good as Code Name Verity. This one is going to linger for a long time.
I’m still reading Fic. Her romantization of the Sherlock fandom amuses me greatly, especially this paragraph:

“Maybe the Merlin, Supernatural, Avengers, and other fandoms offer the same riches, but I’d be surprised. This fandom’s hunger, its wide age range, and the gifts and passions of its creators have helped fan creativity absolutely flourish.”

Oh, honey, I can tell you that that is the truth for many, many fandoms.
Watching: My friend Liz’s mom had surgery and was recuperating when I visited this week, so I sat on the couch beside her and watched Gilmore Girls episodes. It has been a really, really long time since I was consumed by that show and fandom; it was almost like seeing it new again. I had forgotten that Dean was sweet in those first couple of episodes. It sucked me in all over again – I really need to look into that Netflix subscription.
Making: I pulled out my knitting this week. Since I’m teaching myself, I haven’t done anything fancier than just attempt to make a scarf. But I got off on my counting, I dropped a stitch (which I don’t know how to fix) and I can’t remember how to finish off a row and start another one, so it looks ratty on the ends. I pretty much unravelled all that I had attempted to do and now my yarn is a mess. But I did browse a yarn store and bought a cable needle and caps for the end.
Writing: Besides the daily updates to this blog, not much. I have hardly written more than 1 sentence for my book chapter. Not good.