River Rock Triangle Shawl

3 Skeins of Woolstok 150

Ten Days to complete

52” selvedge edge

Gravel Road, Grey Harbor, and Storm Cloud

Rainy Days and Mondays

Fruits of our Labor

 

It’s Labor Day weekend here in the States, a time when we celebrate the fruits of our labor, and allow ourselves time and space to reflect on the work that has been.

The garden harvest turns to fall-colored things, deeply colored and golden. My favorite winter squash is delicata, the first variety to come to harvest, and one of the simplest to prepare, almost as if the garden said, “Here, take a rest and enjoy the fruits of your labor.”

Delicata plants are prolific, inviting us to gather friends, tell them to fetch a squash from the vine, and tell stories as they roast whole in the oven for 45 minutes. 

Set a pot of black lentils up while the oven is going, and serve as a hearty side. Start with a salad of baby kale and baby spinach, the first tender leaves coming forth from the second planting, and top with sunflower seeds and dried cranberries. Dress with garlic apple cider vinaigrette. 

All struggles

All struggles

Are essentially 

power struggles.

Who will rule,

Who will lead,

Who will define,

refine,

confine,

design,

Who will dominate.

All struggles

Are essentially

power struggles,

And most

are no more intellectual

than two rams

knocking their heads together.

—Earthseed: The Books of the Living

To get along with God

To get along with God, 

Consider the consequences of your behavior.

—Earthseed: the Books of the Living 

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler

An oasis of boredom in a desert of horror.

2023 was an oasis of boredom in a desert of horror.

As so often, I found comfort in Camus—the artist blooming in the desert, simply because they can—and also in Netflix, and mundane work, housekeeping, and the most Jane Austen of notions, that of “passing time.”

The Destiny of Earthseed

The Destiny of Earthseed

Is to take root among the stars.

—Earthseed: the Books of the Living 

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler