March 11th, 2025
I heard a poem today that reminded me of exactly how I’ve been feeling lately. It’s called “For When People Ask” by Rosemerry Trommer:
I want a word that means
okay and not okay,
a word that means
devastated and stunned with joy.
I want the word that says
I feel it all, all at once.
The heart is not like a songbird
singing only one note at a time,
more like a Tuvan throat singer
able to sing both a drone
and simultaneously
two or three harmonics high above it—
a sound, the Tuvans say,
that gives the impression
of wind swirling among rocks.
The heart understands the swirl,
how the churning of opposite feelings
weaves through us like an insistent breeze,
leads us wordlessly deeper into ourselves,
blesses us with paradox
so we might walk more openly
into this world so rife with devastation,
this world so ripe with joy.
I am not a poetry person, but this one definitely captures how, I’m fairly certain, so many of us are feeling right now.
We have all sorts of fun here for you today- fun fabrics, cool vintage stitching kits, some pretty sample bits, nice paints and pastels, boxes and notepads for days, a super cool antique projector that actually works and oh SO much more! Open today from 9-6. We’d love for you to stop by around noon for a still life drawing session. Bring your own supplies or use ours!
We have space in tomorrow night’s crochet class if you’d like to learn as well.
