“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 »
Disability is about power. I have differences in my body and mind; I’m excluded from important aspects of life: social, cultural, financial. Of course everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Small differences are tolerated, like being nearsighted and able to correct that with glasses. Big differences in mobility and how our senses work, not being able… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I’m thinking about how I like to be credited for my work. My zines, blog posts, poems, and art are valuable. Beyond money, the publishing industry, and the art world, what I create matters. So it matters how you share. how I like to be credited for my work Most… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? This post about how I avoid news started as a letter. My good friend sent out a mass email to her friends about how to make a difference in the current political climate, about 70 people cc’ed. I read her email and many replies until finally I felt like… Read More »
Hello, reader! How are you doing? There are a few things I feel like sharing with you. One is a tech funding project for a family I love. https://www.gofundme.com/f/nolans-tech-education My friends in a beautiful wooded area live a rural life doing permaculture. They are respectful to Parent Earth, nurturing many animals and plants on their… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’re you doing? I’m thinking about how needs work in relationships. Over the decades I’ve been close to many people. partners best friends beloved penpals close friends chosen family Often I get closer and closer to someone until we hit our big issue. Sometimes we can recover from that, and sometimes we never do.… Read More »