In my weaving class going on now. She's an anthropologist, and quite eccentric, retiring from MU this year and going to Bali to build a house/cabana sort of thing. She's a wealth of knowledge and really fascinating. She talks lecture style though, and hovers over my loom lecturing as long as I remain in the weaving studio. I converse with her, and even brought her a book on Indonesian Textiles today from my library. On the one hand, she's very interesting, having studied all over the world, BUT, on the other hand, I really would enjoy the quiet time at my loom after the other students have departed. She talked over me and my loom for almost 4 hours today! She's a bird-like little woman, over 60, and seems really lonely and starved for attention. In my polite, compassionate nature, she seems to have focused on me, and this pattern of staying and talking seems to be what I'll have now for the duration of the summer term. Everyone else treats her like a quirky eccentric, which she IS, though at the same time, very interesting, if one can stand to listen to long monologues and lectures, responding in monosyllables! I don't know how to handle this...I've allowed her to do this, and now the pattern seems to be set, though I would really like some quiet time at my loom!
Any suggestions?
Patty