I embroidered a mantis on a white teeshirt for Ming. He likes it. That was the nickname I had for Ming, long ago, when we were young. I called him Freaky Mantis. He was very thin and angular. I could see his ribs. He would forget to eat. Medication changes and birthdays later, Ming is… Read More »
I learned how to make ginger fried rice lately. It’s my favorite dish at this Thai place Ming and I like. I get it with tofu, spicy level 1! Wow, so much gingerness. My tummy feels so happy, when I eat that dish. So warm and loved. So I was like–maybe it’s not that hard… Read More »
There’s this empty sign, one street over. By a church or former church. I was taking a walk by myself in the early morning. Wishing Ming was with me–he went to serve at the Worker. The sign I looked up at. I love this sign. I like to pretend it’s a message from God, a… Read More »
I made this meme about how to be a great listener. What do you think? That’s pretty much my method. suspending disbelief The pitfall to my listening style is I leave my judgment at the door and sometimes forget to pick it up on my way out. Oops–I over-believed again. I like to suspend disbelief,… Read More »
Gmorning. A friend asked about the translation of Ya Devi. I sang it in the video in yesterday’s post. This site has the words of Ya Devi translated. https://www.artofliving.org/navratri/ya-devi-sarva-bhutessu There’s a video with someone singing it to a different tune than the one we used at the ashram near Sacramento. Sounds cool too. amazing The… Read More »
“Hey, honey,” I said to Ming. “What if we danced in a vacant lot. And then a bunch of other people started dancing in the vacant lot too. And it turned into a dance park.” “Mmm,” Ming said. “Yeah! Wouldn’t that be cool?” I imagined we put in a good dance surface, like the springy… Read More »
I was curious about how testosterone level varies through a menstrual cycle. Graphs are cool–I saw a graph that showed four different hormones over the course of a cycle. But none was testosterone. Then I saw that graph was for a website about managing diabetes. It was saying how hormone levels affect insulin resistance, and… Read More »
Hey, I got a new shirt. It’s a radical mental health shirt. Feel your feelings. What do you think? I don’t always like telling people what to do. But when I tell people what to do, it’s going to be some nurturing thing like this, probably. If you don’t feel your feelings, you’re just going… Read More »
Here are a few overdue apologies. unknown lady I’m sorry, lady who went around wearing a bikini top for a week. I’m sorry I judged you as showing off and inappropriate, distracting. Probably I was jealous you could be so free. For sure I didn’t understand yet, that some tummies want to have sunlight and… Read More »
physical therapy I’ve had a pinched nerve for nine years which hurts me off and on, in my shoulders and neck. There’s numbness and reduced functionality in my right hand also. But the pain is always changing. When my stress went up lately, I got pain in my jaw joint and temples also. Friday I… Read More »