“How did I get so lucky, to find this love?” He was half-asleep, naked except for his chonies again, his hair so messy and beautiful. “Oh, you have ocd and narcolepsy. You were in the bargain bin!” I looked at his smiling mouth and closed eyes. We were laughing. I imagined the bargain bin at… Read More »
breakfast ingredients “You want a grackle for breakfast?” I asked Ming. A grackle was vocalizing in the courtyard. “Yeah!” he said. “Oh, honey. You don’t eat birds. The only animals you eat are sea creatures.” “Well, that’s good because they both start with a c.” “Uh–grackle doesn’t start with a c. It starts with a… Read More »
I’m talking about feeding people, how to love, how we have bodies that need to be tended to, in pain or hunger or anything. To have a body is to need. Peace is in the body. There you go–good luck with your needs. If we want to learn at school, we need to eat. If… Read More »
Laura-Marie is my name–making soup at 3am is my game. Veg are my darlings. Oh delicious, the bounty of Earth. The sweet potatoes got overdone but were still pretty good. The broth was spicy and so delicious. I was concerned it would be too much ginger. But ginger, garlic, pepper, salt, and the veg-ness was… Read More »
This ATC is for a Halloween swap-bot assignment. I’m really grateful I signed up for it. Never knew I could do like this. It’s blue, says memento mori, and depicts a bird skeleton. truth I have a new favorite Dorothy Day quote. She co-started the Catholic Worker movement in 1933. I live in community at… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you know why uneven floors hurt? There’s a place I love. The buildings were made in quirky ways decades ago. One building I love the most, the Barn, holds the main kitchen. But I can’t spend time there because of the floors: I always injure myself. I want… Read More »
Hey, dear reader. How are you doing? Recently I’ve been extra-upset about people. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Well, great news! As of yesterday, I accept human nature. Partly it was thanks to my rabbi. Last walk she told me, “People don’t know what we want.” We were walking through the neighborhood near shul, sampling fruit off… Read More »
Hello, reader. How you doing? I feel concerned and a half about our dangerous culture. I’m uncomfortable with how many people are left out and left behind, barely surviving, and suffering in ways that are not necessary. Why did we make a culture where money-created self-sufficiency is the huge lie? It’s not safe. I don’t… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Are you fortunate to have a loving partner you interdepend with? I’m thinking about how to help your partner before a medical procedure. Disabled people endure this a lot, and as we age. Even if you are helping friends, not partners, these tips might help. Autistic people, traumatized people,… Read More »
“I don’t know how big a baseball is,” Ming said, setting the bowl of rice before me. I looked into the bowl. “That’s definitely between golfball and baseball,” I told Ming. I had asked for a baseball amount of rice. “Softball?” Ming asked. “Softballs are waaaayyy bigger than baseballs,” I said. “Thank you!” ways to… Read More »