Friends, I hope that you’re staying warm/cool/safe in your respective locales. It’s been steadily sub-freezing here in Detroit. I’m building Rufus’s nursery and when I go out to the garage to cut the wall paneling boards, the saws’ power cords are frozen stiff. We’ve taken Rufus, thoroughly bundled, on winter birding hikes, and I’ve been planning and plotting for the new year, and thinking about those of you in Los Angeles.

December’s Digital Mending Circle was, in my mind, a success! Several of ...