Lifetime Projects

In this fast-paced, computerized, digitized, electronic high-tech world we live in, I seek comfort in occasionally making things.  Occasionally.  I'm not very skilled at making handmade treasures but there's something incredibly satisfying about gathering raw materials and turning them into something of beauty or purpose - especially if you sit in front of a computer all day at work.  I can't say I'm prolific at making many things, I guess I work in spurts.  I started knitting a scarf in January and there's plenty left to do on it.  I guess it's just as comforting to have the "works in progress" around as it is to have the actual finished products.  Maybe.  But it would be nice to finish something once in a while.  Recently I was describing to my sister a quilt project I've been working on for nearly 10 years.  My sister, an incredibly talented crafter, mentioned that most people have a lifetime project they work on for many years.  I think she was trying to make me feel better and she did but I think I have several lifetime projects that I'll probably never finish.  Maybe I should get busy on my scarf before arthritis overtakes my fingers and hands and my vision correction is no longer adequate to see the knit and purl stitches.  Here's to lifetime projects and the tenacity to see them through.