As I was driving back from the “20/30 Something Knit Night” tonight at Crazy Girl Yarn Shop (more on that later) I was listening to a Des Moines “Lite” Music station. Now, this would not be my normal choice for music stations but it seemed that everything else that I could get on the radio was either really twangy country music or heavy metal. Now, I have nothing against either genre of music. I been both to a Garth Brooks concert as well as one put on by Metallica. Anyway, neither were really what I was in the mood for and the “Lite” station fit the bill the closest. On comes “The Glory of Love” by Peter Cetera and I find myself not only enjoying it but singing/yodeling along to it!!! I’m not even sure when or where I learned the words to this particular song but here I was busting out with some, “I am a man who will fight for your honor. I’ll be the hero that you’ve been dreaming of. We’ll live forever, knowing together that we did it all for the glory of love!!!!”. I mean, I was born in 1978 and this song was a big hit in 1986. So did I actually somehow absorb the lyrics to this when I was 8? How many brain cells has this song occupied for 23 years of my life???
So, besides the self-surprise at my proclivity for 80’s power ballads, my night was really nice. Like I said, I went to the 20/30 Something Knit Night at Crazy Girl Yarn Shop in Cedar Falls with the lace stole in hand. It was a relaxing evening with the ladies there. I like the fact that you can buy a bottle of wine there or bring one yourself if you would like. The Crazy Girl shop is really in a lovely space with brick walls and an impressive wall of Cascade 220. Leslie, the owner of all 3 of the Crazy Girl shops was there as well as the lovely Bel who I got to chat with quite a lot as she has lived in the UK in the past. It was a fun night and if you are in the Cedar Falls area on a Friday night, I would totally recommend checking it out!
While I was in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area, I also got some shots of the gigantic parts for the wind turbines that they are putting up all over the area. I think that I have mentioned how happy I am that these are being put in and just how cool (I think) that they look in the landscape. Anyway, these photos will give you an idea of the scale of these puppies!
I liked this photo as you can see the car for scale next to one of the pieces of the bases of the wind mills as well as one of the actual blades.
A bunch of the blades sitting on what used to be the track.
They are using a defunct greyhound racing park as sort of a staging area for the parts and personally, I can only think of a few things more karmically appropriate for the space. It’s not that I am against dog racing in general, it’s just that the sport is so very wasteful of animal life.
And folks remember, please, spay or neuter your pets!
Sarah Jane Humke 