I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

What is an alternative to E T S Y?

Wycoller, just over the border into Lancashire. This fog seems to have been hanging around forever this winter.

You can turn off AI searches in your search engine which is using huge amounts of energy and water in your communities. www.consumerreports.org/electronics/... www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-turn-...

Soggy Somerset today More rain to come this new week, this time focused on Exmoor and Dartmoor as winds swing round more to the SW @exmoor.bsky.social

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Me & my waiting for pictures of snow….

Mt. Jefferson

This may be the end of Blu1 saga. I finally received the reimbursement for payments made on Blu1 after about four months of negotiation and commitment that a reimbursement would be sent. It only took about a month plus to actually have it be received which was supposed to be a 7 to 10 day window.

For those about to be submerged in the brutal cold, stay safe!

If all I can do is load stitches after a long day then that’s ok. 🧶 knitting

🌱 a small distraction ☮️

On #MLKDay, the UFW remembers the legacy of a hero. #MLK's words are as powerful today as when he wrote them in 1958. "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

It’s been a day of visiting the elder, removing the bedrm door so the dog can get out to eat and drink kinda day. 😳

Happy Saturday! Starting my day with knitting the next block of the Camp Along pattern. Once it warms up, I’ll be outside stacking wood. It’s actually one of my favorite activities during winter. 🙂 🧶

My current pattern, Camp Along is all garter stitch. The designer counts the cast on as row 1. It’s really throwing me off & as I get closer to a color change I start second guessing what row I’m on. If a bump is two rows is the cast on just one or is it its own bump? Arghhhh!

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Tuesday!

Oh my! How fiddly it was to get a window done. I had to go to needles without cables. I’m trying to have faith in nature and all these colors working together. 🧶

Whew! This is a fun knit. Just enough to make me pay attention, but not too complicated.

Working to finish the first block. I swear on my yarn stash I am weaving in the ends as I finish each block! 🧶

A view of the hood, Mount Hood. My office today.

Another office view today.

My office today!

Knitting for peace. 🧶

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My office today.

Tuesday is done! Napping or knitting?

How is it possible then in just a few hours all vacation benefits have evaporated? Hope your Monday is going better than mine!

Car knitting! Forgot a third needle for this bind off. Blu2 doesn’t have a lot of tools in her yet so I improvised. 🧶

A couple of hiccups slowed my progress, but glad I’ve kicked this out! 🧶 knitting

🧶 Knitting & crochet pattern users, does anyone have tips or tools you can recommend for tracking the line you’re on as you’re working? I’ve got a magnetic board, but the magnets slip if I bump it. I also use a clip board and sticky notes, but the stick only lasts so long.

I spent most of my day prepping for my big 2026 knit. I hit a mental block when I started viewing the designer’s videos and I got overwhelmed by the sheer commitment paired with the complexity. Ugh. Maybe a night’s sleep will help. 🧶 Anyone else feel this way when starting a new project?

Let's go! #goducks #goduck

Morning 2026! I made it past 9:00pm and woke briefly to lots of fireworks luckily in the distance. Now to 4 days off! I’m ready Oregon Duck Football this morning and I may look at a quick knit or crochet to restart my joy!

Antsy with the revelry and it’s only 7:25.

If you love animals, please don't set off fireworks. If you have pets, keep them close and help them feel protected.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Made it through the day! Monday after a holiday vacation I think can be the roughest. Oregon coast.

I hate good byes…

Back to work tomorrow. Tree is down and almost all Xmas is put away. Three days of work then I’m off for four to celebrate New Year’s.

Knitting and The Count of Monte Cristo.

I have a huge feeling of “what now”. Being busy and then hard stop. 🌱

How many WIP do you have? (from this year, lol) I have 3. 🧶

A yarn bouquet! 💜💙💛

Thank you to everyone who shares a piece of their world with me and others. I appreciate you! Merry Christmas!

Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have: - no one to see on Christmas Day, - no presents, or - no contactable relatives. Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.

I had three avocados ready to eat at the same time! I really should buy a lottery ticket.

It’s okay if you aren’t done. Give yourself grace.