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dolorosa_12I know it's not Friday, and I know my current open thread is still ticking along, but I think we could do with another one, for reasons that will hopefully soon become apparent.
My practice of doing these open threads was very much inspired by the newsletter of author Amal El-Mohtar, who does a similar thing every week. Because of the time difference (she lives in Canada, so posts at a time which is normally very early Saturday morning for me), I tend to wake up to her newsletters every weekend.
This week's edition asks a question which I found helpful, and restorative, from a mental health perspective, and so I ask it here, again, for anyone who wants to respond:
Tell me about something you want to build or have built this week. Stitches, or baking, or tightening a screw, or writing a letter, or cleaning — something of any size that felt, to you, like building, or solving.
My own answer: I received my overseas ballot for the US election this morning. In the state for which I am a voter, it is possible to submit these by email, so I will be completing the ballot and submitting it in the next few days. When I think of this ballot, and building, it feels to me like building a fragile boat, out of paper, and launching it on a daunting journey across a hostile, unfeeling ocean. It is a hope as small and fragile as that. But still, it, too, is building.
If you feel you have an answer to this question, and it's one you feel like sharing, please do so.
My practice of doing these open threads was very much inspired by the newsletter of author Amal El-Mohtar, who does a similar thing every week. Because of the time difference (she lives in Canada, so posts at a time which is normally very early Saturday morning for me), I tend to wake up to her newsletters every weekend.
This week's edition asks a question which I found helpful, and restorative, from a mental health perspective, and so I ask it here, again, for anyone who wants to respond:
Tell me about something you want to build or have built this week. Stitches, or baking, or tightening a screw, or writing a letter, or cleaning — something of any size that felt, to you, like building, or solving.
My own answer: I received my overseas ballot for the US election this morning. In the state for which I am a voter, it is possible to submit these by email, so I will be completing the ballot and submitting it in the next few days. When I think of this ballot, and building, it feels to me like building a fragile boat, out of paper, and launching it on a daunting journey across a hostile, unfeeling ocean. It is a hope as small and fragile as that. But still, it, too, is building.
If you feel you have an answer to this question, and it's one you feel like sharing, please do so.
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Date: 2020-09-24 05:05 pm (UTC)(I use the same recipe for pizza, basically, and just don’t do all the oil.)
Here’s to the second wave 🥖🥯🍞🥧🍰🥮🥞🥨🍪🥐🍩🧁
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Date: 2020-09-24 05:19 pm (UTC)I love all the bread emojis!
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Date: 2020-09-25 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-25 11:46 am (UTC)