And so it goes

~ Liz A
February 15, 2021 – Single digit cold February 16, 2021 – Rolling blackouts

So begins the latest week in the saga of Remember 2021. There seem to be far more black patches this time around. Quelle suprise.

Process notes: the tan dyed cloth is from Ruth Hase Gutierrez, who is back on Instagram. The black linen is from Austinite Malka Dubrawsky at Stitch in Dye. And the variegated floss, worked in Jude’s split(ting-hairs) backstitch, was dyed by Deb Lacativa.

All stitching was done freehand because I couldn’t muster the enthusiasm to sketch it out first. Like I said, quelle suprise.

14 thoughts on “And so it goes”

  3. What TX is experiencing is so surreal to me. I sit here thinking of you and everybody else impacted by things our entire New England year/practical life is built around surviving/withstanding. it’s not SUPPOSED to happen there.

    and so appalling – what’s coming out of the mouths of yet more inadequate leadership.

    this is a weather shift I didn’t sense coming. am thinking of everyone. hoping it’s not too scary for the kids somehow, on top of everything else …

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    1. I think of my mom, born in 1931 … hearing her tell stories of her mother selling jewelry to someone who came to their door to get some money for food during the Depression … followed by the rationing of World War II … blackout curtains and the fear of submarine and air raids (which didn’t happen, but it was a constant fear) … decades later she repeatedly told the stories, traumatized I daresay

      all by way of saying how could children not be traumatized?

      the “best” outcome would be resiliency … the worst I will leave unnamed

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      1. agree with everything here but really meant only your particular grandchildren for whom I would wish as much resiliency as I was gifted with. it’s what I wholeheartedly imagine for them when I see their bright eyes and smiles.

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  4. Oh, Liz…thoughts for you, your family, your community. We had family in OR w/o heat/electricity for 4-6 days, but they had water & gas stoves. More thoughts of love and hope to you, and hope that your “Remember 2021” takes a turn towards the light very soon!

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  5. May you and your family in Austin, friends and neighbors, stay as safe as you can. I watched a lot of news about Texas and you all have a very cold weekend to get through but hopefully come Monday, your temps will be much warmer.

    Last year in CA, my family experienced several rolling blackouts mandated by PG and E to deal with the fires that consumed CA; they lost electricity for many hours but have a gas stove and were fine for water. Still those situations can be scary for kids.. The thing about these situations and how kids cope has so much to do with how we cope ourselves, by our examples. Staying calm and answering questions as factually as we can, given kids ages, is important as is having husbands and Dads who roll with situations; I get a little nerve wracked but sometimes, I think that is also ok because it is real and our kids need to see the whole of a situation…

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    1. there’s only one sermon that hit home so effectively that I never forgot it … the preacher said it would be a terrible thing to be a perfect parent … that our children need to see us fail and then acknowledge and rectify our failings, lest they think that they too must be perfect

      and yeah, I’m wrapped a little tight, so “nerve wracked” describes me perfectly

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    1. probably the most important thing we did was drip our faucets from the outset so our pipes wouldn’t freeze … we just awoke to the first 24 hours without a power outage and the sun is shining … now if daughter Meg can just get water back at her house

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