Ringing with bling
Who needs to be needled by a needle to be?
We’ve been pretty good about reminding each other to go out for walks—nice for fresh air, to get away from work/computers and to spend some time talking. It’s been good to stretch legs and watch spring arrive—tulips, forsythia, emerald grass, leaves, cherry, plum, lilac, dogwood and of course, all the yard cleanup and dead branches. On one of those walks I picked up a few dried out sticks that caught my eye, thinking “surely medieval people would be able to pick up a stick and make a nalbinding needle at need,” pocketed them, and kept going. Found them in the pocket a few days later and put them on the countertop. Came across them a few days later . “Mmmn, was going to do a thing.” The sticks eyed me from the countertop where I’d deposited them, asking why I’d picked them up if I wasn’t going to go through with this. I’m not a woodworker so didn’t really know where to start, but finally steeled myself to attempt it, saw a video someone made and decided I just needed to tr
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