MENDING in Postcards 4

I must tell you that I truly dislike buying things that come apart the first day. As Christmas moved through its days, a little pile built up over by the sewing machine. A bright red laundry bag with a loose handle. There was the second black sweater I had bought at Tar-jay. One forgets they are a discount store with sometimes very sleazy merchandise.

More importantly, there is my new work apron. A sturdy thing with nice pockets and an adjustable neck strap. The neck strap wasn’t very functional though. The front made up a sleeve for the strap to slip through. It was just fine until you over loaded the pockets. At that point, the neck strap slowly slid down until it was an endlessly long, droopy, thong with the water bottle weighting it down near your knees.

I fixed the black cardigan by running a satin stitch around the neck. I fixed the red bag by trimming the broken strap and really sewing it together. I couldn’t do much about the apron other than artistically tack the strap to the sleeve at a useful point.

There are moments you feel pretty good about yourself.

I know Brickpaver mends and reuses everything, but do you mend and reuse too?
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• Himself: Worked hard all day. Tonight meeting then gaming to save the galaxy.


• Myself: Finished “Fadeout” by Joseph Hansen. Powerfully written. Mending, housewifery leaves you feeling pretty good. Yesterday: Blogging, reading, writing. Today going in to work to help shelve 4 pallets of donated books. I worried about the empty shelves.


• Reading:


• Gratitude’s: For a little of everything today.