Saturday Tweets: Pawpaws, Tiny Apartments and the Wet Prince of Bel Air

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  1. You won’t find any apostles of fast fashion around here.

    A few weeks ago, a family member died leaving hubby in charge of clearing up his stuff. Among the boxes of papers, we found a newspaper article from Fathers’ Day 1984 featuring a photo of hubby with our then-new infant. Hubby still wears the very same plaid shirt as in the photo. It’s a bit shabbier, but still wearable – in his mind anyway.

    We have an informal system of clothing evolution around here: it starts out as ‘good’, then becomes ‘around-the-house work’ clothes, then ‘outdoor work’ clothes, then ‘painting’, later ‘working-on-the-car’ clothing. At the very end, if anything is actually left of it, it becomes rags. Of course, since we are neither a fashion god nor goddess, our choice of new clothing tends to the boring and sturdy; there aren’t any slinky dresses being worn as painting clothes, although I imagine the chickens might appreciate it if I showed up in something other than ratty sweats.

  2. Thank you for sharing the Newsweek article. It caused me to take a closer look at my own habit of thinking it’s “okay” to buy clothes I don’t need if they were second-hand, and come to grips with something I’ve known on some level for a long time.

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