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i have put a few new things on etsy. some doors from Nortonville. enhanced! i think they might be a little busy for me, but i liked making them. i love using up stuff. the bases for these are some of my first darkroom experiments. i am trying to make a few new little things, but i feel distracted lately, since returning. for various reasons. i alternate between misery and secret joy. but mostly i have just been going to the office, trying to get caught up, coming home, arting a little, then reading until sleep. deep dark dreams. even without melatonin. dull me.
sadly, i believe saffire has died. my dark blue vehicle of the last 8? years. she has been on DNR status since margaret moved away, and no daughters needed her to get to school or for social engagements. i am stunned that she has lasted over 2 years with only vital fluids. an elderly lady of 17 years. her only outings have been to the grocery, Target and the local nature preserves in these 2 years, but i’m sure she has enjoyed these small outings. she never fails to start up. even this morning. she started eagerly, as we headed out to the coop, and made it around the block, then … death when put into gear. i am pretty sure it is a belt/transmission thing, as a similar event occurred one morning when margaret was trying to drive to school and i remember her calling and screaming on the phone…dramatically.
so she is parked in the next block. i suppose i will call the junkman on monday. i wonder if she is worth any parts. it is likely that she doesn’t need a *lot* of work, but i have not a penny to put into her now. i kept to my budget in boston, but used the last of my tax refund “cushion” to help pay off betsy’s tuition, her choice as a graduation gift. saffire understands. we had a daydream of me driving her off on an adventure, as far as she could go. i wish i had done that with her.
we took our bike wheel to be repaired today. i’m glad there is a little food market downtown now.
