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tough call....

17/8/2021

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​I was sad all day, and why not.
There I was, books piled on both sides of the table,
​paper stacked up, words falling off my tongue.
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​The robins had been a long time singing, and now it was beginning to rain.
What are we sure of?
Happiness isn’t a town on a map, or an early arrival,
​or a job well done, but good work ongoing. 
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​Which is not likely to be the trifling around with a poem.
Then it began raining hard,
​and the flowers in the yard were full of lively fragrance.
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​You have had days like this, no doubt.
And wasn’t it wonderful, finally, to leave the room?
​Ah, what a moment!
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​As for myself, I swung the door open.
And there was the wordless, singing world.
​And I ran for my life.
—Mary Oliver, Work, Sometimes
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all it takes is a needle and thread...

6/8/2021

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You cut a length of thread, pull the end through the eye of a needle and knot one end.
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You take a piece of fabric and push your needle into one side of the cloth, then pull it out on the other until it reaches the knot.
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You leave a space. You push your needle back thru the fabric and pull it out on the other side. 
You continue until you have made a line, or a curve, or a wave of stitches or simply a mark.
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​That is all there is: thread, needle, fabric, and the pattern the thread makes. 
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This is sewing.
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Words from the book….THE THREADS OF LIFE
 A History of the World through the Eye of a Needle
CLARE HUNTER
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