More Anya apricot seeds went out in the mail, with a few left.
It is going to be cold and (finally!) rainy the next five days here, which feels fitting: the skies themselves mourning those lives lost in the air crash in DC.
James Fallows, pilot and reporter, says helicopters are forbidden above 200′ in that airspace. The New York Times says they were at 300′ and a half mile off the course directed by the controller–and that the helicopter pilot had flown that route before and knew those restrictions before they hit that plane.
It took me straight back to my mom’s close friend’s agony waiting to hear whether the father of her children during his commute home had been on the 14th Street bridge that another plane from National (now Reagan Airport) hit 40 years ago after not de-icing. He was not heard from for hours–but he was safe.
All those rescuers on those cold waters, hoping to be able to deliver that same news to other families but seeing only wreckage and worse.
Knitting. I tell you. Six rows again today. Needed to. Bright colors, fishy fish, creation-ing.
That second octopus’s last arm is just going to be too short if I don’t add another strand and put up with weaving its ends in, too. (Appraising look.) Nope. I’ll never be satisfied with it if I don’t. First thing tomorrow.
Remind me to break off a longer piece next time.
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There’s a lot of heartbreak happening lately. Knit…knit…knit…like your life depends on it.
Comment by Jayleen Hatmaker 01.31.25 @ 10:58 amSo very distressing, on all the levels. My heart goes out to all the families. Happy that octopus won’t be stumpy. Focus. Focus. Focus. Just might get us through.
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