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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The new normal

 

We're learning hard lessons lately. The ongoing coronavirus have taught me that to be resilient enough to bounce back time and time again, I need to strengthen my systems, learn as much as I can about what I want to do here and then put in the work to make it all happen.When I work through this season and my new systems start to evolve, those hard lessons might save me in the future.

spending a pandemic making soft and pretty things may seem impractical and silly in certain ways—, maybe, and certainly a privilege when my life and livelihood aren’t (yet) directly at stake. Handicrafts such as crochet, knitting, and embroidery—traditionally practiced by women and by the elderly—carry passive associations that defy most notions of bravery. 







I think of Jo March, the heroine from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, lamenting that she can’t fight for the Union Army in the Civil War but must “stay home and knit, like a poky old woman.” And yet that dismissal belies the quiet strengths embedded in every stitch. Counting the movements of hooks and needles, row after row, over the hours or days it takes to complete a project, requires patience, focus, and persistence. And these cognitive skills—to say nothing of the proven mental-health benefits of crafting—are just the ones needed to weather a disaster that’s defined by waiting.



https://www.create-with-joy.com/2020/10/inspire-me-monday-week-455.html

https://www.sumoftheirstories.com/blog/2020/handmade-monday-196

Meraki link party

https://keepingitrreal.blogspot.com/2020/10/welcome-to-really-crafty-link-party-235.html#more

http://www.sewcando.com/2020/10/hello-october-craftastic-monday-link.html

http://www.stonecottageadventures.com/2020/10/youre-star-blog-hop-october-week-2.html#more



2 comments:

  1. Yes! I love this. There is such a mental health benefit from crafts , and your earrings are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing at Handmade Monday :-)

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    1. am so happy to post it on handmade monday, stay safe

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