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sabbatical

4/20/2021

 
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Well as you might have predicted
(though apparently I am clueless)--
allowing my making-worn carcass
​to rest

is not one of my superpowers.
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In the midst
of the ever-flowing river
​ of (often absurd) ideas

I want to share with you,
I keep trying/starting/experimenting with
"just this one more little thing"--
​and my body doth protest.
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So though I just got back 
after the winter hiatus,
it seems the better part of valor
to stop once again--
and REALLY try
​ this time
to be still.
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Happily for me,
the weather is not too shabby,
some lettuces have sprouted
and the library is only a few blocks away.

Happily for you (or so I hope)
there are 7 years of weekly blog archives
waiting to be explored--
many of which include
variations on the absurd ideas
 mentioned above.
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​So till we meet again
take care--
be well--
and make
what you can't
not
begin
(gently, of course).

Short and Sweet!

4/13/2021

 
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Oops!
Looks like a proper blog post
is not going to happen this week.

Time — sometimes
she just vanishes--
and she takes Energy with her.
Sigh.

Have you noticed this?
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That said
after all the thread and sewing machine love last week,
​I can’t not leave you
​with this:

https://youtu.be/8lwI4TSKM3Y

and
a wee comic--
the only medium I’ve yet found
that allows me to do
all the things 
at once.
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scribble mending and magical helpers

4/6/2021

 
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When the sewing machine
your son found for $25
and returned to working order
so your husband could make you the jacket
you wear as you type--
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--prefers the the spools of polyester thread
your adorable ex-grandmother-in-law
included in a care package
back in 1983
(nestled among
dented cans of tuna,
month-old brownies,
and a pile of her favorite Harlequin Romances)
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--thread you have ignored for years
because you are a natural fiber snob
yet still could not bring yourself
to use or discard--
thread that has waited in the back
of your sewing machine drawer--
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--so was more than ready
to take center stage
in the work of resurrecting a quilt--
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--a hand stitched quilt
made you know not when
by you know not  who--
a quilt with very specific demands
 patiently spelled out
back in 2015 when the mending began
)--
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-- well,
when all those things come together
there really is nothing for you to do--
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--but go with it.
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    ​Sarah C Swett 
    tells stories
    with
    ​ and about

     hand spun yarn. 


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    Click for info on
    my four selvedge
    warping class
    with
    ​ Rebecca Mezoff  
    fringeless


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