Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I just threw out a jacket that I'd put away last Spring, knowing it was badly ripped in ways that probably aren't fixable (a tear in the patterned fabric, exposing the layer of fabric that made it a mid-weight Spring/Fall jacket).

I'll miss it, but I'm sure I got my money's worth. I picked it up at a consignment shop several years back, while in Seattle for a week between Corflu and Potlatch; that was the year they were both in Seattle, on consecutive weekends. I stayed with alanro and shikzoid for the time between the cons, except for the side trip to Vancouver with marykaykare, akirlu, and libertango. My Vancouver aquarium shirt is still in good shape, but it was new when I bought it.