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happy Solstice

Hey, happy solstice.  It’s a sacred day, for me.  I hope to do some extra fun stuff, in addition to my normal stuff.  Extra fun: make some solstice art, special gardening, sing.  Maybe a ritual, if I’m lucky.  There’s a Las Vegas Radical Mental Health Collective meeting also. A few days ago I recorded a… Read More »

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if someone needs space

Time moves at different rates for different people.  If someone needs space, give it to them.  People need different things.  Someone could need a rest, to process something, to make a decision, to spend time alone in their own mind.  To nurture their own voice independent of you.  To understand something on a context that… Read More »

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nuclear weapons are illegal

Something happened with the abolition of nuclear weapons.  Nuclear weapons are illegal.  A magic number was reached, 50 countries who say no to nuclear weapons.  So now it’s illegal to have them, by United Nations treaty.  Sounds great for peace. The countries who voted against nuclear weapons don’t have them.  I had a conversation with… Read More »

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embarrassed

Hey, guess what.  I posted on facebook about the recording I did of the Bach song I love, and a link to the soundcloud file.  Then I got really embarrassed, like it’s no good, and took it down from facebook. I was playing the recording for Ming, and all I could hear were the flaws. … Read More »

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Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

Hey, guess what.  I’m trying to learn how to sing my favorite Bach song “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” again.  It’s from St Matthew’s Passion.  Long ago I listened to this sacred music a lot.  Mostly on long roadtrips in the car with my ex. This is the first song I ever sang in German. … Read More »

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food photos

Here are some food photos, for your salivating pleasure. I cooked some amaranth for breakfast, but I used coconut milk instead of water.  And I used my crockpot on the white rice setting.  Wow, it carmelized a little on the bottom, and was sweet.  This was trader joe’s coconut milk.  It was supposed to be… Read More »

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beloved cone

We went for a walk yesterday, and I visited my beloved cone.  It was tipped over, so I righted it with my foot. I felt kinda like a soccer player, which is not how I usually feel.  Extremely grateful my body is good moving around, often, and I have a little energy lately.  Wasn’t always… Read More »

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aquaponics

“I wanna tour an aquaponics place!  Do you think it’s pretty?  Do you think the fish have a good life, or a sad life?” I asked Ming “I dunno…” he said.  We were cuddling in bed–he was waking up. “I wanna do my own aquaponics, honestly.  Does that make me a real hippie?  Or a… Read More »

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Trinity

I did a presentation about the Trinity bomb for my community, the Las Vegas Catholic Worker.  I talked about how the Trinity bomb affected my family and me.  Spoiler alert: it wasn’t good for us. When I was getting ready to present, I recorded myself doing the presentation–almost 12 minutes.  I posted it on soundcloud. … Read More »

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shit pic

“I gotta send that shit pic to you,” Ming said. “Oh, good.  Thank you.  Yeah, I need that shit.  That shit is going to be useful to me.” We were walking around a pond, and I asked him to photograph a pile of horse shit for me.  I thought I could use it to make… Read More »