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Kelly Harbeson's avatar

The triviality of modern existence is especially worrying when one thinks about the fragility of it. Every person should cultivate a non-trivial pursuit lest we lose the fundamental habits of a non-trivial lifestyle if we should be faced with it again. Gardening, woodwork, animal husbandry are all just "hobbies" for us today, but may become fundamental again.

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Maggie Fritz's avatar

This is why I knit. After 55 years, the rhythms are in my bones. There is a slight groove in my index finger from holding the tension of the yarn there. I can knit and ponder and reflect, and magically from sticks and string, I make something useful. I am so grateful I had a lot of life before computers. Thank you for sharing this very relevant piece.

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