Hello–how are you doing? I like this Halloween, Samhain, Day of the Dead, thin veil season. Fall is my favorite as long as I can remember. It’s normal in fall to do the things I always want to do: go inner, bundle up, hunker down, cuddle close for warmth, and eat soup. Yes, I need… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Ming and I went to Thai food the other night. We needed some dinner. In the parking lot, I saw this rose. It’s like a rose my mom would grow in her garden. When I was a kid, her favorite color was red. When I was an adult, not sure… Read More »
Hello, I’ve been thinking about nesting. I’m quite the nester. If I’m really close to someone, especially if sex is involved, I want to live with them. That’s just the kind of animal I am. Cozy, cuddly, caring, curious, homey, needy animal. I was thinking about nesting because I met a couple–they seem to really… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I made a new zine. Feels important–would you like to trade? It’s functionally ill 32: autism plus crazy is a whole other thing. I copied it today at my old favorite copy shop Copy World in Berkeley. It’s five cents a page–up from three cents a page, ten years ago. … Read More »
content warning: sexual harassment, stalking, mental health shaming Someone did a bad thing. He sexually harassed a young person and stalked her. So much bad behavior. Ming and I were hearing about it from a witness. “He’s just delusional,” the witness said. I was sad about the bad behavior, and I was curious about the… Read More »
Hello, I’m so happy. My zine interview with the LA Public Library posted. Please enjoy and share. https://lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-zine-maker-laura-marie-river-victor-peace-nopales I love libraries as a gem of society. If we’re going to have a government, may it do wonderful socialist things like public libraries. Zines are my favorite, I enjoy being interviewed, and I love LA! I… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I always wanted to be percussionist Laura-Marie. But I was playing other instruments instead: bassoon, clarinets, tenor sax. The percussionists were in the back, being cool. It looked fun to do that important work of big rhythmic sounds, keeping everything together. But they were almost all boys. And I was… Read More »
Hello, how’ve you been? I’ve been thinking about what I write in my journal. Mostly it’s a way I talk to myself. I have a whole lot of patience with me. Friends can get tired of the repetition, but I’m cool with me. kid self When I was a kid, it was paragraphs, like a… Read More »
Art is transcendence. I love art as spiritual experience. It’s a reason I’m still alive. What else would I have done? I’m not good at making money. I didn’t make any people. Art is how I live. Art and love. I was talking about how art is transcendence with friends in a small group ministry… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? We’ve been going to cemeteries lately to honor the dead. Tis the season! We visited the ashes of Ming’s ancestors in Oakland, California. content warning: death and more death First we went to a cemetery with mausoleum. I didn’t get pics of that. But we walked around. Ming told me… Read More »