September 2025 – Pearl of Civilization

Coffee wasn’t hitting so I am watching Tony Hawk yell “do a kickflip” at skateboarders from his car for 6 minutes ❤️

Accessibility by ikea

Just noticed that ikea has a decent accessibility collection right now? BÄSINGEN includes a shower chair, some step stools, and the thing I always want which is grab bars that double as towel racks, shower shelves, etc. Nice to see!

Catalog photo of a person in a white bathrobe pulling a towel off a rack while resting the other hand on the towel rack to stabilize. The rack is a black tube looped into a pill shape, with four anchor points.

Today’s small pleasure is needlessly getting the black edition of things.

Photo of a glass bottle of hot sauce with a black lid and label, which reads

Valentina Salsa Picante
Mexican Hot Sauce
Extra Hot
370 mL

Any good host

You know, since getting a heating pad for myself there have been a ton of times i have set it up for guests. Sore neck, bum knee, back problems, menstrual cramps, feeling the weather changing, cold kids after sledding…

I should have gotten one years ago just for hospitality!

How to talk so ghosts will listen…

This year’s addition to the Halloween bookshelf, made from a rain-damaged hardcover I found in a little free library with a broken door.

Seasonal ambition re: slug draft stopper

We had one cool day and I am having my traditional seasonal ambition to make a draft-stopper for the one drafty door.

I have already made unprecedented progress by choosing a design and even buying a pattern, because how could I resist this perfect soft sculpture of a slug by Clare James?

Photo of a large greige corduroy slug perched on the back of a couch against an off-white wall. The slug has a realistic shape, with a mantle and four eye stalks. The couch is covered in a green patchwork quilt and cushions with earth-toned prints. There is an abstract blue and orange artwork on the wall above.

Inspired as always by my friends’ projects, in this case a pal who made this sardine as a draft-stopper for her mom who loves tinned fish.

Now I am torn between using generally sluggy fabric I already have, or buying something to make a perfect banana slug 🍌