Honing

I’m an anxious person.

The long winter of Covid has caused a lot isolation, a lot of silence.

That’s a lot of dead air to fill with worry.

What calms my anxiety is production.

When I make progress, in my projects, in my skills,

It helps me cope with the passage of time.

Forging knives this winter has been therapy.

Learning to grind edges and use a cold steel brand has been my solace

It’s hard not to slow down when the future seems grim.

But we all have to keep the forge burning.