move slow and repair things

one place I worked, we actually changed our work hours in the winter to compensate for the time shift

heirloom stapler

I swear this is an actual management type. Mine was named Angie.

me tasting fresh picked spinach after only having canned - So Different. So much better.
or I had previously thought the point of corn was butter until I got to try fresh picked midwest sweetcorn and it was like candy. Amazing.

The correct number of concentration camps we should have in this country is zero.

thank you for this positive spin on "endurance hunter"
I needed that

a quilt being fed through a sewing machine. the quilt is mostly shades of blue and green in a geometric design. there's a white person's right hand holding the quilt in place next to the foot of the sewing machine. for the discerning sewist - yes, that's a piece of cardboard stuffed into one of the tension hooks to keep the thread from popping out! it's an older model brother machine and I hope to heck they've changed that part

hope to finish quilting this one this weekend so I can get on to the applique!

Fascism is here and yet we insist on continuing to make things. Keep creating. It's so important. Do not let the fascists colonize your imagination or curtail your creativity.

it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

Today is the Day of Remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. FDR signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942.

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old fashioned mixed tapes are looking better every day :/

It totally does!

I think the number is growing, too.

100% relatable

that definitely was not anywhere on my list of expectations

Eleanor Janega is my gateway to so many things!

That's fine, I feel better just looking at him.

one possibility that comes to mind is that the "study" can include "counselling" weaponized to fuck with people's heads, which will then fuck up the results

yes, it's important to emphasize that the gods won't accept lesser sacrifices!

why yes, thank you! I am snowed in today! click.

it's not only well-known, the involvement of white people is actually heavily mythologized - we need to stop centering ourselves and put the focus where it belongs, on black folks taking massive, incredible risks to help other black folks

Other favorite authors for re-reads (not for sleeping!)
KJ Charles
Jordan Hawk
Jordan Castillo Price
Barbara Hambly
Melissa Scott
J Butterworth
Kara Jorgensen
Ben Aaronavich

I've always been a re-reader but even more so once I discovered I could use my kindle's text-to-speech function to read favorite ebooks at night to help me get (back) to sleep.
Current favorite authors specifically to sleep to:
Celia Lake
Amy Crook
Ann McCaffrey
always and forever: Mercedes Lackey

yummy, yummy, yummy!

ugh! this is something I've done, so I very much sympathize.

rice cooker of course, but the really big one for me was the Dishwasher. Omgx. Now I can have a clean kitchen even if no-one has the energy to do the dishes (which is most of the time in my family!).

thank you!

Welcome back artists! Quote post with an old piece you still like.

Frog king. 2004 ish

I mean "practicing politics" was practically slang for lesbian back in the day. Right up there with "on the volleyball team".