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/043

my winter coat is on its eighth year and the pockets know my hands

21 JUL 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 60 wordsthe sewing, 4 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

nothing about it needed replacing. it just needed wearing

The object
the sewing, entry 4 of 7
Filed under
Still works
Went out
21 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 60 words
It counts
one
Also the sewing
6 still works, 1 became someone
01

My winter coat is on its eighth year, and at this point the pockets know my hands.

02

One seam is repaired, badly, by me, on a night I decided that was easier than shopping.

03

And it has been warm every single winter since. Not one cold walk it failed at.

04

Nothing about it ever needed replacing. It just needed wearing.

The rest of the shelf

7 entries are the sewing. This is 4. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the sewing