Petra van Cronenburg@NatureMC@mastodon.online
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there are always old people in villages who reject all progress" one said at my address.
I knew this in theory, but it suddenly dawned on me how much I am now seen as a nice old lady who crochets and probably looks back on a life full of grannies.
I hate myself when I have to show them that they're not talking to a mindless crochet hook. Just one sentence about my years of journalistic research about petroleum history. Suddenly, that deep breath, the realisation that I am not a
Petra van Cronenburg@NatureMC@mastodon.online
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I am so very tired of this! 🤢
But maybe I should take that as my cue: embroider cute flowers and prick away such guys. Crochet granny squares and cut things up. 😈
I do love #craftivism. I didn't know that my age urges me to do it. Even #grannies can be politics!
#crafts #embroidery #crochet #handicrafts #granny