Joining together with Carole and friends this week again. And, I don’t know about you, but holy hell this been the week of all.the.horrific.things!
My things this week, have been things to pick me up…and I hope they do you too!
Thing One:
This week I discovered #tinypricks on Instagram. Stitchers might just be the most brilliant people ever! (And, my inner juvenile laughs hilariously at the hash tag…)
Thing Two:
Speaking of Instagram, @ladydyeyarns shared this awesome support list! I do not consider myself an “influencer” but I absolutely believe we should all support these businesses!
Thing Three:
Finally, because in this week of hell I have looked to James Baldwin for hope and wisdom and I stumbled across this article that is full of both of those things! I watched the video and I agree that James Baldwin is still very relevant today and I will leave these words here. I will be spending some uncomfortable time pondering them today.
There are my things… what about you? Do you have any things that are helping you get through this week?
Thank you for #tinypricks! News from NC has saddened me immensely this morning (wth is wrong with people?!) but reading his priceless utterances embroidered on linens somehow makes them more palatable and points out how truly ludicrous they really are.
I had not heard of Tiny Pricks (what an appropriate name) – thanks for that link!
What will help me get thru the week is the blackberry simple syrup I made last night (with rosemary!!) which I will be sampling tonight with some gin thrown in.
The news from NC is sickening and makes me feel a sense of hopelessness and despair. I feel that what I do here in my own community will never be enough to stand up to such hatred. The news gets worse every week!
Oh my goodness, Tiny Pricks is wonderful (and what a great double entendre with the name)!
The news is particularly disgusting this week, but I am getting hope from the people who have denounced the racism. I’m also happy to be supporting some of those BIPOC dyers and am going to make even more of an effort to do so once I feel like I can start buying yarn again.
Love all three of these things! I don’t understand the hatred and fear people have for HUMAN BEINGS just because they look different.
Ok. I have been TOTALLY underground and have not seen or heard any news tucked in the woods here, just me and my kiddos and a very tenuous (piggybacked) wifi connection the past few days. I better go check headlines. But I’m queasy…
I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing on the news this morning. Thanks for the Tiny Pricks link!
I’ve gone from feeling shitty to feeling shittier this week, and the realization that what y’all are talking about in NC was what I’d been seeing over & over again this morning (and not, say, another mass shooting) (though I’m certain there’s been one of those somewhere today) but expecting it to be something… I don’t know, something ELSE, something WORSE, something MORE… make me just SICK because it’s TERRIBLE what happened there, but it’s become so NORMAL for him, for us! Ugh. God, I’m going to puke.
I saw a recommendation for and listened to Sister Joan Chittister: The Time is Now on Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations this morning and that helped. I might listen to it again. (WHO.AM.I?)
Also, #tinypricks is one of the best things I’ve seen all week.
I LOVE #tinypricks! and I ditto Vicki’s recommendation about Joan Chittister’s Oprah interview. One of my friends is reading Sister Joan’s book and says it’s been helpful. I’m taking bits of light wherever I can find them. xoxo.
Thank you for the wonderful links, I had not seen any of them before. I am sickened every single day with this presidency!