using it upAn inventory, not a haul
read 14 SEP 2026The letter
94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

using it up/All entries/Still works/025

i sewed this hem myself

21 AUG 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 40 wordsthe sewing, 6 of 7

Filed under

Still works. Kept, mended, and quietly older than anything that replaced it would have been.

Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.
The caption it went out with

the thread doesn't match and it has never mattered

The object
the sewing, entry 6 of 7
Filed under
Still works
Went out
21 AUG 2026
The lines
4 lines, 40 words
It counts
nine
Also the sewing
6 still works, 1 became someone
02

it took nine minutes and a thread color that doesn't quite match.

03

nobody has ever noticed, and i've worn it all year.

04

nine minutes and a mismatched thread, and i kept something i already love.

The rest of the shelf

7 entries are the sewing. This is 6. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the sewing