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I wrote about the idea of craft -- a concept I've been hearing a lot lately in conversations about software work and often find myself wrangling with. But it also turned out to be about my grandpa. In a year of many losses, I have been thinking a lot about those I love and try to take with me in everything I do.

drcathicks.com/post/on-craft

On Craft

My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him.
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silverwizard
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@Cat Hicks that was beautiful and I love and appreciate every word.

Thanks so much, I feel it.

The way you talked about cadence rang so true to me.

@Cat Hicks
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Ed Summers
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thank you for your post. It works on multiple registers at once, and was a good reminder for me of how the practice of Craft is related to Care.
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Carlton Gibson 🇪🇺
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ah-ha! I found this yesterday—it’s an amazing piece, thank you! But I couldn’t find you on the Fediverse. And then a friend boosts your toot here 🚀
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George Girton
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In trying to think if craft and care are related in etymology, I found this article which, though it doesn't mention the term craft directly, begins with the elucidation of an important myth. 🍸🐈 (and does speak to attention )

theology.georgetown.edu/resear…

Classic Article: "History of the Notion of Care" - Department of Theology and Religious Studies

The following article, which appeared in the second (revised) edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1995), was an attempt to capture highlights of the history of care prior to the advent of feminist thought in the early 1980s.
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