Comments on: Contributing to the Local Community

By: John Dale Lyons

John Dale Lyons — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:51:54 +0000

My mother is good at salvaging stuff. But I am all thumbs. Nice work.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:18 +0000

this is cool. i also get an inordinate amount of joy from repurposing, repairing and repainting my thrift store finds. but i can’t sew worth a damn

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:47:02 +0000

Go for it, bluedancer!

By: bluedancer

bluedancer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:54:22 +0000

i second the above. (!!!!!) also am glad to see this because i want to do volunteer work, am daunted by how much i “can’t do.” (ironic, coming from someone who hates to be told she can’t… i think it’s because i already have too many messages i put on myself.) again—it’s strengthening to see someone else in a similar (autie) boat just do it.

i think there’s something lovely too about the aesthetic of retrieving discarded things. have been falling in love with warhol lately (in part) for this reason. i know that’s kind of personal, maybe not all that relevant–but i’m obsessing.

have another alternative for volunteer work now. will think of thrift stores.

By: abfh

abfh — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:34:10 +0000

That’s a lovely chair — I’m glad the people at the thrift store appreciate your work!

By: misfit

misfit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:35:02 +0000

I want that chair!! You have a real talent, it is beautiful. The “before” fabric looks like something out of James Lileks’ “Interior Desecrations”! (I grew up in the 70s and still have flashbacks.)
So glad you’re feeling part of something, on your terms. Mazel tov!