Still here, still trying to find a place in the world. I realize for many that the US has never had a place for them. As an educated white female, I always had a place…not a great one, not an equal one, but better than many. We were never 1st-class citizens. And now it is worse. Depressing and worse.
What do we do? Ah well, that is always the question…
There’s that. There’s making art, donating money (when I have it, which isn’t now), writing postcards, protests…
When I can handle them, marches, figuring out how to get rid of half the Supreme Court without violence, voting, persuading others to vote. Sigh. I remember in college locking arms with others in front of women’s health clinics to keep the anti-abortionists from harassing women coming into the clinics. It was the era of bombing clinics, but no part of me considered that. Youth. But I did think about that when I was at the vigil on Friday night. People will die. Many of them will be women who aren’t allowed to get healthcare they need or who find it unsafely, illegally. Women will die. For this shit. Ignorance. Unscientific ignorance.
Still processing all of that.
Meanwhile, there was an artist event at the California Fibers’ show at Visions this weekend. I’ll post more about that on their website and link it here later this week.
They all had better clothes than me…not hard really.
The show is up through July 2…you should go check it out. It’s a wide variety of textile art.
I’m still ironing stuff down and cutting things out…
I’m getting close to done with the ironing…
I’m almost done with the 800s, so maybe 250 pieces left? Or less?
Nowhere near done with the cutting out unfortunately. Getting there. Although now this competes with copyediting, which started Friday and will hopefully be done this week. After this morning’s science meeting. I take breaks in between copyediting to go beat my yard or house into submission. Copyediting means I must be supervised…
She’s not very helpful.
I am trying to finish up some embroideries/small quilts to put on Etsy. I got these done on Thursday…
I’ll let you know when I’ve had time to put them on Etsy…
I might rephotograph too…ugh…
I know I’m trying to do too much. That is always the case though.
Oh yeah, baby owl…see the little white bit in the hole? That’s one of the babies!
That’s the best photo I’ve gotten, though. They hide when I come up further into the yard. Getting brave though!
OK. Science meeting, then copyedit, then more yardwork. Finish my book before it’s sent back to the library. Try not to burn down the country while I’m at it. Huh. Maybe.
Kathy Nida 