Headache and other stuff
Jan. 25th, 2026 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillilahI had a terrible headache all day. Probably, I didn't drink enough water yesterday. Or, it could be hormones? Staying up too late? Anyway, it is finally going away.
Did I tell you about the basket? A while back, the AI and I talked about how to make a basket from rope, and neither of us were finding a lot of tutorials on how to do it that didn't start with "take some rope and a hot glue gun". That isn't my style. So, I had started a basket with a Navajo style, which is super cool and would have taken the rest of my life to complete. Looking again online, I found a tutorial where someone was using something that looked like a regular basket pattern. Then, I found another. So, I tried it out, and in fact, the sisal rope works great for making baskets. The one I made for laundry is about 10 inches wide and 15 tall (24cmx36), which will hold about as much as our washing machine does. I need to finish that. Now that I've figured it out, I need to make a couple more for various uses and clean up the bottoms, which aren't perfect yet by any means. I'll figure it out.
In other news, a friend of mine wrote this brief piece about what is going on in Minneapolis. She covered the riots in Portland in 2020 in a very impressive way. For me, there is a big difference between anger and defiance when it comes to reactions to politics. This piece is defiant in a way that I find encouraging. I would love to see less "you should be afraid" or "you should be angry" articles and more "we can work together to fight this". Of course, I'm worried for my friend, but we are rapidly approaching a situation where everyone is in danger. Might as well step up. (I'm not in a position to protest, even if I was in the US. However, I decided to get a paid subscription to this friend's newsletter, since I know that she's doing good work and will need the support.)
Did I tell you about the basket? A while back, the AI and I talked about how to make a basket from rope, and neither of us were finding a lot of tutorials on how to do it that didn't start with "take some rope and a hot glue gun". That isn't my style. So, I had started a basket with a Navajo style, which is super cool and would have taken the rest of my life to complete. Looking again online, I found a tutorial where someone was using something that looked like a regular basket pattern. Then, I found another. So, I tried it out, and in fact, the sisal rope works great for making baskets. The one I made for laundry is about 10 inches wide and 15 tall (24cmx36), which will hold about as much as our washing machine does. I need to finish that. Now that I've figured it out, I need to make a couple more for various uses and clean up the bottoms, which aren't perfect yet by any means. I'll figure it out.
In other news, a friend of mine wrote this brief piece about what is going on in Minneapolis. She covered the riots in Portland in 2020 in a very impressive way. For me, there is a big difference between anger and defiance when it comes to reactions to politics. This piece is defiant in a way that I find encouraging. I would love to see less "you should be afraid" or "you should be angry" articles and more "we can work together to fight this". Of course, I'm worried for my friend, but we are rapidly approaching a situation where everyone is in danger. Might as well step up. (I'm not in a position to protest, even if I was in the US. However, I decided to get a paid subscription to this friend's newsletter, since I know that she's doing good work and will need the support.)
