Hands-On, Thumbs-Off

Theory #36 | The Granny Hobby Protocol

Last week I outed myself as a strong believer in granny hobbies for health. (I like to keep my domain purchases close to the vest, but I’ve quietly held grannyhobby .com for a while too.) A lot of people seemed to resonate with my confession, so Twitter then forcibly showed it to 2 million people.

The same week there were two related New York Times pieces (related because granny hobbies overlap a lot with the world of leisure-crafting): One profiled Happy Medium, a newco opening casual “art cafes” in NYC. The second was all about the brain benefits of handwork.