Day: July 17, 2025

Protest Outside of My Work

I was over near the window and spied something odd: inflated figures. There were two of them, attached to two white trucks.

When I craned my head I saw their purpose: it was a protest by construction workers.

A well-timed protest, as a media tour for the new Albina Library was happening in the next 30 minutes.

The protest seemed to be about one of the contractors for the library using non-union subcontractors. Hence the rat (I think it was a rat, I didn’t see it from the front) squeezing the neck of the construction worker.

After a few hours, they deflated the figures and drove away.

Creative Mending Very Old Socks

I received these socks for completing one of the 5k series of races I did in 2014. This pair, and the other pair I got for a different race, have been my exercise socks since then. They were getting a little thin, and I was thinking about replacing them, but along came Creative Mending and this very smart-looking blanket stitch that builds into a web.

So I blanket stitched with Sashiko thread my way around the thin spots and holey spots until I got this.

I’m quite pleased. Let’s see how long these socks can continue on.