"making little things from yarn"

Writer Andrew Solomon talks about what helps with depression, which varies hugely. He said...

"Depression is so exhausting. It takes up so much of your time and energy, and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse.

"My favorite of the letters that I got was from a woman who said that she had tried therapy, medication, she had tried pretty much everything, 
and she had found a solution and hoped I would tell the world, and that was 
making little things from yarn."

--From Solomon's TED Talk, Depression, The Secret We Share

I would add, Try a little tenderness (...to your inconvenient self).

BELOW: "The Scorpion"--from Stanley Spencer's 'Christ in the Wilderness' series of paintings, 1939

Last night's crop of God's eyes to add to the fence:

I keep thinking about these two versions of Doing Being-Human. 
(I posted this before--"'Craftivism' draws knitters, crocheters to Portland ICE protests...")

The Economist just wrote (11/1/25) about the inflatable frogs & friends:
"The serious reasons for wearing silly costumes to protests:
Making an impression on the streets is an art"
economist.com/culture/2025/10/24/the-serious-reasons-for-wearing-silly-costumes-to-protests