Even if it’s not supporting anyone in Kenya.

I had the idea yesterday that I should take any money I made from yarn & mohair consignment and give it to Give Directly. This will inspire me to be productive during craft time and make it all feel less pointless. But Tytania, you say, why not just give Give Directly twenty bucks a month and be done with it? It’s like walk-a-thons: why we don’t all just donate to the March of Dimes rather than making kids walk around 20 blocks for it? Because we need not just to be purposeful, to fill our moments with the illusion of purpose; because it’s a horrible, horrible thing looking into the void of meaninglessness!

So on that note, hey! Buy my yarn!

I’m sorry, the title is a deep cut Bowie lyric I get in my head whenever I think of “carpet.”

Anyway, new living room carpet! Before, followed by after:

OK, barely any difference; except the smell – and new carpet smell is NOT as nice as new car smell. But the true difference comes from having emptied the living room of everything; and only putting things back piece by piece after deliberation. If it doesn’t spark joy, it is probably going to find a new home.

Provider Bush Bean SKU: 2210-A Backordered – ships by 03/23/2022 Size 1 OZ

Napoli F1 Carrot SKU: 2322-A Size 250 SEEDS

Negovia F1 Carrot SKU: 2324-A Backordered – ships by 03/23/2022 Size 250 SEEDS

Sandy Lettuce SKU: 2540-A Size 1/32 OZ

Outredgeous Lettuce SKU: 2592-A Size 1/32 OZ

Cider Jack F1 Pumpkin SKU: 2826-A Size 10 SEEDS

Green Machine F1 Summer Squash SKU: 2890-A Size 10 SEEDS

Orangeti F1 Winter Squash SKU: 2944-A Size 10 SEEDS

Table Sugar F1 Acorn Squash SKU: 2922-A Size 10 SEEDS

Valentine F1 Tomato SKU: 2993-A Size 10 SEEDS

The annual February ritual.

The “Shelves of Shame” exhibit at the New England Maple Museum, Pittsford, VT (VT251 rides again).

Today a great thing that happened; someone said, in front of the whole team, “Chris, I can always count on you to make me laugh, even when I’m having a really shitty day.”

I like when I’m encouraged to believe I contribute more to my workplace than just mad java chops*.

*I don’t actually have mad java chops.

Work was so annoying today with the seeming constant OMG-drop-everything-this-is-important! Stop-what-you’re-doing-and-look-at-this! OK-stop-that-now do this! I guess I have to adopt an attitude towards interruptions like I do towards problems. Start documenting them and proving that they’re never going to go away. In fact, recently Burkeman tried to convince me that there’s no such thing as an interruption. How quickly we forget.

On one side of the ledger:

• TechLab!
• Vaccination!!
• Finding my bio-father!!!

On the other side:

• In-laws Declining Badly
• Dead Goats
• To take a bit from Pee-wee Herman (who was actually very funny & creative): “It’s not like she expected the pandemic to instantly, magically end with the vaccines… but then it DOESN’T instantly, magically end with the vaccines!!!”

There will always be entries on both sides of the ledger.

I miss cooking.

Tomorrow is our last full day here! Between flight cancellations & weather, I am putting no hope whatsoever into actually getting home on schedule. But tomorrow will still be a milestone, at least: our last scheduled full day here.