“Watch” What We’re Doing With Our”Time”
In addition to making cards Richard has taken up another hobby: repairing watches. He buys broken watches at yard sales, estate sales and second hand stores. Often they just need a new battery but sometimes they require a backing or strap. He fixes them up to running and donates them to a homeless shelter. On Thursday the shelter handed him two large bags of broken watches. Jai and I have joined his cause and made the watches a family project. We have sorted the watches into piles of “ probably just needs a new battery ” to “ no straps ” “ straps only ” “ backings ” “ without backings ” and so forth. I have decided to wear a new watch each day – just to make certain that it is working. Problem is I find that I haven ’ t looked at it often enough. I had set a green watch aside as one I might ...