Every day, I wish we were in a better timeline. On a hard day, I struggle to function at all. On a good day, more useful and beautiful work of my hands becomes real. Every single day, I stubbornly continue...
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I'm remembering a trip back in the Long Ago Before Time, when I wandered the streets of the Bay Area with Mr Dawson ... eating oranges, and shopping for trinkets and gems. It was a different world, and not much remains but some synapses in my brain, a postcard on my wall, and a strand of grey pearls...
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This is intriguing : A Box of Unfinished Things: Revitalize, Redesign, Repurpose!... and I shall try and remember to check it out next month (zoom, third Wednesday, 4:30pm PST)
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~ very local wildlife ~
This critter has shown up in my front yard walkway garden bed several times in the last week. Yesterday was the first time it held still for a few minutes when I walked out the front door and took this photo; usually it takes off when the door opens. In the last twenty years, I only ever saw a bunny in the yard one time. I suspect this one may be living somewhere nearby...~ very local wildlife ~
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This is the store where I (formerly) shopped... This week, after New Seasons fired Randy Foster, a 19-year employee, for helping a disabled coworker close a register while he himself was off-the-clock, Arbor Lodge workers are ON STRIKE! (this likely is entirely unrelated to him being union shop steward...)
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January SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | blood orange marmalade | bike headlamp | yard waste bin |
| 2 | heraldic enamel | passport photo | recycle bin |
| 3 | crayon roll | crystal necklace | recycle bin |
| 4 | xp2 undies | pattern longjanes | - |
| 5 | pot lid rack | passport applied for | - |
| 6 | aluminum stitch markers | pear tree planted | x |
| 7 | x | stripe sleeves | x |
| 8 | x | milliput handles | x |
| 9 | x | horse earring | x |
today's gratitudes -
1. One more day I could ride my bike
2. Managed to get a bit more of the wood chips atop cardboard
3. My new passport came in the mail today
Time of Isolation - Day 1658
Happy Lunar New Year to you too Alison!
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