Experiments in Anachronism

We’re actively changing things around here. Hope you keep visiting.

The Right To Vote

In 2024, I left early to the polls planning to vote early before going into work. Every election we hear “is the most important election of our lifetime.” So I was really shocked when I heard word from the poll workers. “We’re sorry the machines are down.”

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Mitten Yarn

The weather here has been really crazy! We got a bunch of snow and really cold temperatures, which we haven’t seen in a while. I realized during the taking care of the chickens part of all of this that I had no warm hand wear. I’ve got plenty of choices for sweaters and I made myself a hat and scarf already so I’m covered there. The hat and scarf were amazing for this super cold weather, I am really glad I had them available. The only hand coverings I have currently are one holey pair of thin wool gloves I got at a thrift store and a pair of (of course white) cashmere gloves I got from an estate sale once upon a time. Those cashmere gloves are amazing, but who wants to wear your nice cashmere gloves to the barn? I mean, I did, but who wants to? They really weren’t up to the task, although better then the nothing I would have been wearing otherwise!

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