My town maintains an old dairy farm from the turn of the 20th century that now contains public gardens, a CSA, and community garden plots. In the Summer and Fall, I love to walk through the gardens and see all the amazing flowers, fruits, veggies, and more growing there. I love the mix of well-manicured and wildly overgrown there. It's the kind of place where if I've had a bad day it's guaranteed to transform my mood. What is most incredible to me is how a disparate group of dedicated volunteers maintains the whole thing. Where it looks manicured, where it looks wild, careful hands made it so. I tried gardening and I am impressively bad at it, so I'm in awe of what these incredible people have accomplished. So many hands contributed to making this natural antidepressant what it is. That labor does not go unnoticed by me at least.
I love this and slow librarianship so much. I’m a union library worker also in Portland, and presented a “Lightning Talk” at last year’s OLA Support Staff Division conference on “The Repairative Imperative”, where I also was to attend Carolee Harrison’s mending workshop. I think you’d appreciate it. I’d love to connect to discuss and plot . Here’s a copy of the talk I gave: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1un1imbSvtu6HEXh5fppdHXOCGFsfgU61Ca-c7DlTrOg/edit
I love this and slow librarianship so much. I’m a union library worker also in Portland, and presented a “Lightning Talk” at last year’s OLA Support Staff Division conference on “The Repairative Imperative”, where I also was to attend Carolee Harrison’s mending workshop. I think you’d appreciate it. I’d love to connect to discuss and plot . Here’s a copy of the talk I gave: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1un1imbSvtu6HEXh5fppdHXOCGFsfgU61Ca-c7DlTrOg/edit