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Based on a vet’s long-ago guess, my cat is now twenty years old I am not sure what that equates to in human years, but I think I aspire to be as spry and in control when I reach a similar age

I had to stop reading a book to look up the food that had just been mentioned, and bless every author who sets me up for a Redwall-style digression like that It feels like when a comic has little jokes or extraneous details going on in the background. So generous

The newest edition of Unsounded is gorgeous, and my copies showed up today! @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social has a Kickstarter on right now for the next set of books in this series

Is it plumber culture to reject protective clothing? I figured it was good form to let a plumber know he might want a mask for working in our basement because we’d had a rodent earlier this year. He laughed and said he doesn’t bother even if he’s crawling through insulation That’s yikes, right?

🧵 Excellent advice, up and down. “The Heat Stupids” sounds a lot like the sort of safeguards I cobbled together to learn to spot being too tired to drive, etc. Noticing this stuff early takes practice and buddies

I got my ballot to the dropbox, and the slow steady stream of folks doing the same thing was good to see. This round was a bit daunting. If I am gonna have to sift through five dozen options in one category, can I also have ranked-choice voting, please? We have the technology, right?

Huh. Seems like 8/2 cotton weaving yarn is a decent substitute for sashiko thread. They are not the same, but the latter is a lot harder to find in my area

I am not sure which my younger self loathed more as I learned it: cursive or touch typing. Daily life would be a lot harder without those skills and the dexterity they forced me to develop. To be fair, my handwriting is at best idiosyncratic. At least I can type it up speedily if necessary?

Keyhole gardens seem neat, but how do you keep raccoons and such put of the compost zone in the middle?

Fixing stuff is such a rush. Today I managed to poke some metal things into alignment at the base of our (unplugged) electric kettle. It heats water again! I would love to know how to do a wider range of repairs

Every day I wake up and find even more convoluted ways to accomplish my goals

Tonight I tried to share about how rewatching The Last Unicorn wrecked me as much as ever, and how somehow I periodically need that cycle of emotional devastation, but only one of the three people in the conversation knew the movie at all “How dare you come to me now, when I am this” meant nothing

The local open studios tour is going on and everyone is lovely, but I am exhausted after visiting a measly three studios

Reading this interview/art review of DY Begay was a bright spot in my day today I am especially grateful to the artist and writers for including some of her preparatory sketches and the weaving that resulted from them hyperallergic.com/1044074/dine...

A Diné Weaver’s Revolutionary LoomsDY Begay, best known for her abstract textiles featuring undulating bands of color, speaks about her decades-long practice of experimenting with pigment and form.hyperallergic.com

Time to reinvent grammy’s chocolate bundt cake. I wonder if I can get any of the other cousins in on this because the sheer number of experiments is going to be a bit overwhelming. Maybe we can even shoot for the moon and do it gluten-free Also, from the depths of my soul: nooooooooooooo

The last time I went to see a Chikoko show it was a good time and left me extremely energized to do fiber art youtu.be/BMKKO5GmOwQ

BEASTYouTube video by Chikoko Fashionyoutu.be

After several eternities, my loom is reassembled, warped, and cooperating as I get used to…um…a two-faced honeycomb weave whose draft I found in Strickland’s 8-shaft patterns book. I needed to see how this pattern could give undulating lines in weaving

Failed to convince the pharmacist to give me covid shot, so I guess it is time to channel that frustration into being better about masking going forward Better luck to y’all

I try not to be weird about parasocial relationships, but I am having some surprisingly big feelings tonight about hearing that a person whose fics I started reading over twenty years ago went quiet the permanent way this year

We have all heard “don’t grocery shop while hungry”, but I might need a personal rule “don’t plan an early morning walk after dark” It is remarkable how much more resistant I am to commit to new routes or unfamiliar destinations if I am in evening cozy mode. Curiosity and walking seem fake