my week in objects (mostly).

February 19, 2021

1. this chair.

{and fixing it.}

2. this stack.

{and offering it.}

3. this bubbly water.

{and our first delivery of a brooklyn delicacy.}

4. these hearts.

{and stringing them up.}

5. this charger repair.

{and a cable no longer coming apart at the seams.}

other things:

i miss my bar.

weekend plans!

$1 million and counting.

it’s not a prescription, but an offering.

an ever-rising ocean.

maybe, years from now, she will wonder what happened to these irreplaceable days.

legislative solutions.

sophisticated or not, i’d jump right in.

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9 Comments

  • Reply Rebecca K Ringquist February 19, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    I’m not much of a drinker, but in covid times I’ve been strangely longing for a dive bar. That link really made my afternoon. Thanks 🙂

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  • Reply Nina February 19, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    I have Sugrued my Macbook cable in exactly the same way (that is, the replacement 2nd hand one I had to buy after my electrical tape repair of the first one eventually failed). Such a design fault! And also such a satisfying solution.

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  • Reply Ariana February 20, 2021 at 8:55 am

    That New Yorker essay is the best I’ve read on the city in a long while. Full of depth and beauty.

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  • Reply Catherine February 21, 2021 at 1:36 pm

    Apologies if you’ve read it or mentioned it, but there’s a great long article in the New York Times Magazine about Silvia Federici and her theories about unpaid labor largely done by women. As a SAHM, it really resonated with me and reminded me of the ideas you share.

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    • Reply ERIN BOYLE February 21, 2021 at 2:51 pm

      Yes; interested in her work!

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  • Reply Jay February 21, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    Street ambience from imissmybar while reading the NewYorker essay. Truly, a highlight of this snowy pandemic Sunday.

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  • Reply Holly February 27, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    Oh my goodness, I Miss My Bar made me surprisingly happy (and otherwise emotional) as I listened to it. And I scarcely go to bars in normal times!

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  • Reply Kim March 7, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    I would love instructions on how you fixed—replaced webbing—on your chair. Looks great!

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    • Reply ERIN BOYLE March 8, 2021 at 8:47 am

      Will do! Giving it a bit to see how it wears!

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