Sewing
Like you, Jo, I used to sew all of the time. Took a tailoring class after years of sewing and made coats, jackets, slacks for my son, all of my own clothes, etc. I loved it. Sort of a Zen thing – I could get totally absorbed and if I had worries, they disappeared when I was sewing. I also made all of Mama’s dress clothes and mailed them back to Minnesota. She loved that – I was pretty good at it.
I haven’t done any sewing now in about two years and then only because I joined the Red Hat Society and couldn’t find
a purple dress I liked in the shops. Too difficult now to lay out a pattern and cut out with my back problems. I do miss it, though.