Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
1/22: sewing talk
I hem my own pants and skirts when necessary, but hemming the sleeves of a lined jacket is beyond my comfort level so I take jackets to an alteration shop in town. I went to pick up two jackets today, and the seamstress chatted with me a bit about the jobs currently in her queue. She has such a nice manner, and it was so fun to hear someone talk about sewing. I used to be around that kind of talk all the time, growing up in a house with a costume-designer mother, but now it's so rare for me to find myself in that sort of conversation. It was an unexpected small delight.
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