Registry - of sorts

Folks have been asking - as I knew they would.  So Amanda & Ned provided me with their wish list.  Here we go:

We know so many makers & artists. 

Obviously anything handmade would be 

loved & appreciated.

Stuff:

• A free standing ice maker

• Hot/Cold Watercooler

• Slow cooker 

• 3-D printer

• Ceramic kiln "doll" size

• Kitty cat accessories - https://www.catastrophicreations.com  (certificates available)

• Sous vide

• 3D scanner 

• Mortar & pestle 

• https://onefastcat.com/products/cat-exercise-wheel

• Staub 5- qt cast-iron pumpkin 

• Dry measuring cups & measuring spoons in glass, wood, or metal

• Fiesta ware - Bistro bowls of all sizes & Heart bowls

• Extra large drinking glasses (plain glass is fine)

And Things (for which we are saving up if you want to pitch in)

• Wide clawfoot tub

• Tile for bathroom/kitchen

• Home improvement/DIY's

• New pull out couch/one large enough for guests to sleep on

• Our eventual honeymoon in Japan

So there you have it.  Thank you for being part of Ned & Amanda's life. 

Much love,

sash

I made a thing (and it's not a mask)

The stitching is sorta crap & I've decided to change the colors, but I made a BLOCK.

Hey - I'm back in the sewing room.  Even tidied it up a bit.  (a tiny bit).

More important than what I'm sewing is the soundtrack to which I'm sewing.

Podcast: A Region in my Mind by Rev. Derek Terry

And then I keep pulling randomly from this list of podcasts

I didn't even know that Blerd was a thing.  I've got a LOT of work to do.

Stay safe. 
Keep being creative.
Stay curious.
Shut up & listen.
Speak up & demand change!!!

-sash

Shit's on Fire, yo...

I'm not even sure what prompted me to post this on Facebook in March 2019.  Maybe a supreme court nomination?  Or roll-backs of EPA regulations?  It was a simpler time, I guess, when I was watching the government, worrying about what it meant for the future, & still maintaining some sense of humor.

And now the world is on fire.

Murder. Rioting. Murder. Pandemic (or, as it was once known, Plague).  Murder.  Hong Kong lockdown.  Murder.

Murder, Murder, Murder.

I've not watched the video.  I can't.  Reading the descriptions, seeing the "thumbnail" of the video, watching the faces... I'm already almost paralyzed with grief & anger & despair.  It's probably chicken-shit of me, but watching the whole thing would simply destroy me.  That seems like a pointless indulgence right now.  I'm little enough use as I am but so much less so if I fall into that dark, destroyed place.

And it's so not about me or my experience.  Of events.  Of reactions.  Of anything.  I don't even have to react, which also makes me feel sick. 

No reaction...  That's what even the still shots show me.  I don't have to zoom in or hear the words.  I see the men standing there.  Just watching.  Watching their colleague commit murder.  Not even "I thought he had a gun & I panicked"  Not "Heat of the moment, bad decision"  But slow, calm, deliberate murder.

How did they hold still?  How was there no pulling on his arm?  No "Hey man - back off"?  Fuck - why was there no flying tackle to get that violent, hostile, murderous man off the throat of another human being???? 

They just stood there.

Please, universe, creation, all that is good -  never let me just stand there.  Or sit here.  Even if I screw it up, push me to do something.