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She walked toward her work, toward ghastly charade and the straw-stuffed, antic imitation of dust.
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
my jittery and valuable secret. Certain weather and certain times of day—the sun setting early, or snow—filled me with a new yearning, a wish to share the sadness or loveliness of the world with this other person.
Darning is to send parallel threads through the damage in socks and sweaters, in and out, in and out, back and forth, over and under, and somehow, you have a piece of fabric again—such as the heel of a sock, that’s good enough again, against all odds. This is sort of a miracle—good enough again. Wow. You’re weaving, in effect, starting with raggedy edges, going back a bit to the one spot that can still hold new thread. It definitely helps to have a darning egg as you go through life. Trust me on this.
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