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/039

my towels are thin in the middle and dry me just fine

23 JUL 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 55 wordsthe list, 10 of 14

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

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The caption it went out with

the good ones don't announce themselves, they just keep showing up

The object
the list, entry 10 of 14
Filed under
Still works
Went out
23 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 55 words
It counts
two
Also the list
9 didn't buy it, 2 still works, 2 noticed, 1 finished it
01

My towels are thin in the middle and they dry me just fine.

02

Thin isn't the same as worn out. I had those two confused for a long time.

03

They still do the only job a towel has. Nothing about that has gotten worse.

04

The good ones don't announce themselves. They just keep showing up.

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