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/009

i've washed these plates a thousand times

06 SEP 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 64 wordsthe dishes, 6 of 8

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

same four plates, same sink, every night

The object
the dishes, entry 6 of 8
Filed under
Still works
Went out
06 SEP 2026
The lines
4 lines, 64 words
It counts
thousand, four, one
Also the dishes
6 still works, 1 finished it, 1 noticed
02

there are four of them and one has a chip on the rim, and it still holds a full dinner just fine

03

i used to think a matching set would make the table feel more like mine, but it's the washing that does that

04

so they go back in the rack, and tomorrow i'll wash them again

The rest of the shelf

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

Open the dishes