Chaos

When I woke up this morning it was to the 'news' that the US president has - after two days - paused the tariffs.  Again.  Wonder if we claim 'time served' instead of starting the clock over again, every he has a mind to begin again?

No doubt the US automobile industry explained in words of one syllable what was about to come raining down on 'his' economy.

Since I have been pretty regularly continuing to make more tea towels, I have just now posted one of the new ones to my ko-fi shop not knowing when the tariffs will come back.  So I do understand anyone from the US not spending money right now.  As for Canadians, maybe you want to keep your money in Canada?

There are only 11 of these towels and they are rather...special...as in there are going to be very few of these towels made.  I am currently weaving another warp of this combination of yarns, but in a different design.  If there is any linen after that, I may use the rest/left over linen on a 2/16 unmercerized cotton warp.

The world may be wobbling on its axis, but I cannot let that affect me too much.  I have knowledge.  I have skills.  (Both or either can be debated, it depends.)

And I have the stubborn attitude that I need to keep teaching.  And mostly, I need to keep weaving.  With the current president, and all the rest of the alt right, trying to destroy as much of society as it can in the shortest possible time frame (so he can brag he did it in fewer days than his idol) my only 'power' is to keep creating.  Working with words; working with yarns, trying to drip a little creative energy into the universe.

Maybe even light a candle for someone else...and then there will be *two* candles to fend off the dark.