Underwater Basket Weaving
In the early days of the pandemic, with not much to do outside of my work and wanting to find some alone time, I found myself in a stuffy closet pondering how much joy I might have for an old pair of jeans. I recognized my old faded friend and remembered the good times, but that was at least 20 pounds and 2 kids ago, so into the discard pile they go. This process continued throughout the whole house and I slowly filled the corners of my garage with the unjoyful discards of my family’s past. As the weeks and months passed in the house, I also immersed myself in a weird collection of hobbies and crafts, including but not limited to: making masks for everyone I know, raising monarch butterflies, canning jam, making pickles, spoon carving, growing sprouts, keeping a pet sourdough starter, turning rocks into paint, and making baskets. That’s right, my free time had become a course in underwater basket weaving.
