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

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repair is a love language you can have with your own stuff

17 JUL 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 61 wordsthe sewing, 2 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

mended > new.

The object
the sewing, entry 2 of 7
Filed under
Still works
Went out
17 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 61 words
It counts
ten, four, once
Also the sewing
6 still works, 1 became someone
01

Repair is a love language, and you can have it with your own stuff.

02

A hem takes about ten minutes. Less if you stop trying to make it perfect.

03

A button takes four. I timed it once, mostly to prove to myself it was nothing.

04

And on the other side, you keep the thing you already liked. That's the whole trade.

The rest of the shelf

7 entries are the sewing. This is 2. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the sewing