I have this book on my nightstand and haven’t started it yet! What lovely serendipity and I can’t wait to crack it open, now! Welcome, friend. I’m so glad you’re here!
For those wanting to "do something", join your local Indivisible group. Indivisible.org has a form and before long you're connected. And then you'll meet all kinds of wonderful, loving people who are there for you while you inflict electoral pain on the enablers and the villains. I personally also have to knit EACH and EVERY day otherwise I become overwhelmed and crash.
The same day I read your post, I also read Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s post on how authoritarians not only “hollow out” institutions, they want to “hollow out” people. But if we find joy in our own bodies, our knitting, our ability to create, they cannot take everything from us, we claim our selves and show them they can’t take everything.
I have really been struggling with all of my sadness, anger, and pain lately. This is not what government or our world should be about. Every day when I go to work I am reminded of how much things can change without warning. I'm a teacher of students with visual Impairments and so many things that help my students and their families are, at least partially, federally funded. My grounding and hope right now is my knitting and my faith. Thank you for your wonderfully soft and beautiful yarns, as well as your thoughtful writing, they grounded me too, today.
I just found your Substack this morning and am delighted that I did. I'm a lifelong knitter (Thank you, Nana) and a weaver. I, too, have found immense comfort in these crazy scary times with soft yarn running through my fingers, a lovely garment taking shape as I knit. I give almost everything I make away to friends, family, the homeless, and even penguins recovering from an oil spill. Thank you for your words. We knitters are sisters.
This is so much what Robin Wall Kimmerer advocates in The Serviceberry, a gift economy. You inspired me to subscribe and join in. Thank you ❣️
I have this book on my nightstand and haven’t started it yet! What lovely serendipity and I can’t wait to crack it open, now! Welcome, friend. I’m so glad you’re here!
For those wanting to "do something", join your local Indivisible group. Indivisible.org has a form and before long you're connected. And then you'll meet all kinds of wonderful, loving people who are there for you while you inflict electoral pain on the enablers and the villains. I personally also have to knit EACH and EVERY day otherwise I become overwhelmed and crash.
“We can find joy in the work of our hands.”
That’s it, Anne, in a nutshell.
The same day I read your post, I also read Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s post on how authoritarians not only “hollow out” institutions, they want to “hollow out” people. But if we find joy in our own bodies, our knitting, our ability to create, they cannot take everything from us, we claim our selves and show them they can’t take everything.
I have really been struggling with all of my sadness, anger, and pain lately. This is not what government or our world should be about. Every day when I go to work I am reminded of how much things can change without warning. I'm a teacher of students with visual Impairments and so many things that help my students and their families are, at least partially, federally funded. My grounding and hope right now is my knitting and my faith. Thank you for your wonderfully soft and beautiful yarns, as well as your thoughtful writing, they grounded me too, today.
I loved hearing from you this morning, sister!
I just found your Substack this morning and am delighted that I did. I'm a lifelong knitter (Thank you, Nana) and a weaver. I, too, have found immense comfort in these crazy scary times with soft yarn running through my fingers, a lovely garment taking shape as I knit. I give almost everything I make away to friends, family, the homeless, and even penguins recovering from an oil spill. Thank you for your words. We knitters are sisters.