yesterday,    somehow i misunderstood the batteries….thought i had one more and  i didn't…..so no post…… but where i was        was       coming back up from an extraordinarily perfect SUNny day in B Garden,   where i made progress with creating the faux raised bed for 2024,    walking and thinking and …

    don't have words for this.   maybe tomorrow,  maybe not.    maybe i will just need to be silent. Walked down to take the trash dumpster to the roadside for emptying tomorrow morning…usually do that when i drive down on the way to town.   but off rhythm as with many things.    good practice…

100% rain.      There's been 7 days this month that have been what might be called Sunny.    Some days with bright splashes of sunlight for an hour or two.    Days like today of        complete      rain.              this is not     "normal". i…

down at the big gate.    two perfect examples,  perfect      trees      perfect in the form of their kind,    Grey Pine and Live Oak.   Food,  once.   the pine nuts  and the acorns gathered  roasted .   eaten as is or ground into flour.  

in the jar with the needles….in the evacuation basket        just some of things   that are here,  everywhere.     Was nice to have occasion to look at them.   

to sit with this.   for hours. a photograph messaged from Alyssia during a phone conversation.   We beheld the Moon    together.

and so surprising.    just to be clear.   those words on the envelope….longues……Longs?   ……   they are not at all long.  and again,  until you get used to them,  are awkward          But they make hand work with denim possible.   When i wanted to make this  cover i tried many needles and none…

sewing denim this fine silk thread and these tiny needles….flow through denim like butter.   the needles require enormous   FOCUS  to thread… this silk or a single strand of embroidery thread…..  but as you go,  you get better and better at it.   it also was discipline for small stitches,  which i needed.    I'd never hesitate…

that night i began the blog….made my way through Blogspot  setup   …..needed a name.    typed in    windthread      just because.  i loved wind and i loved thread.                 the thread is on the move. " The Yana have probably been in Northern California for three or…