Is creativity helping you get through this unusual time we're experiencing?
Or through the difficulties, concerns or solitude of your own that add to it?
This poem is not exactly upbeat, but may express part of feelings these days. Keeping on with a project may leave us feeling better by its completion, or pass the time wisely until better times show up. Creativity is part of the whole of life, so maybe it's good for us in the disappointing times, too. forgive me in advance, please, if this is too much.
....The Long Day by Hazel Hall
I am sewing out my sorrow,
Like a thread, wearing it thin;
It will be old and frayed to-morrow.
Needle, turn out; needle, turn in.
Sorrow’s thread is a long thread
Needle, one stitch; needle, two.
And sorrow’s thread is a strong thread,
But I will wear it through.
Then not only will sorrow
Be old and thin and frayed;
But I shall have to-morrow
Something sorrow has made.
Here are some August smiles to balance that
Twins' Mom created cards for synagogue Rosh Hashanah pick-up giftbags
Nancy created knitted dishcloths, painted dressers and sketched
BookSaver created a set of shelves and nurtured a challenged sewing group
Lynlee created a link to cheer us with crochet & other needlework surprises
Harriet created a mask-making basket of fabrics, patterns & ear-elastic