Hello, reader. How you doing? I saw a video about some displaced Mexican people embroidering maps. It’s beautiful and sad. The Spanish as spoken in the video is comprehensible to me. The video is short but made me think a lot. I’m thinking about home maps art vs craft memories history who we preserve history… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I made a grasshopper necklace. Then you know I’m probably doing ok, creative. Yesterday I made it start to finish in the early morning. It was a momentous day because it was Ellie’s memorial. A chapter of my life is closed. I like to sew the knots so they’ll… Read More »
This list poem “poetry” is a love poem to my friend. Thank you for making me sing my own poem to the river. Thank you for helping see parts of my stodgy stuckness, my wrongness. Thank you for busting me up with poetry. Thank you for confusing me generatively. Thank you for giving me a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been crying and growling this morning. It’s because I was deleting dead people from my contacts. I don’t want these people to be dead. I need more rituals for grief. Is it painful for you, deleting dead people from your contacts? I hate it. Some had multiple email… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend finished my Strawberry skirt. I feel happy like I want to tell you the story. Strawberry skirt Once upon a time, my chosen family member was cleaning out their childhood room and offered me their fabric scraps. We went through the whole box together. I got nice… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’ve you been? I’ve been thinking about value judgments and how I’ve gone through life trying to classify things as good or bad. In fact, I’ve been desperate at times, to get a grasp of a situation by categorizing it. But long term, binaries hurt me. “Please, relieve the tension of my lack… Read More »
Hello, reader. How is your soul feeling in your body? How’s your heart? as my friends ask. I always pause and think of my physical heart, which is a source of concern and has been since I was a child. Friends think they’re asking one question… I try to figure out what answer to give… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend Ellie died night before last, and I’m sadly disoriented. She was my community member and a beloved trans elder. I can’t believe she’s no longer among the living. Ellie was a radical faerie, although she never went to the Sanctuary. She had faerie values and ways–she was… Read More »
Hey, reader. How you doing? Self-hate is an addictive process, and I’m trying to quit. I made myself a necklace with amethyst because I heard amethyst is good for addiction. Please keep me in your prayers for making choices that are in alignment with who I am. The necklace has a rainbow aspect. I’ve received… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My favorite song lately is Man In the Sky. I thought you should hear it, if you haven’t already. It’s by my dreamy missing / deceased pretend girlfriend Connie Converse. It’s an old-timey song from before I was born. I like it because it’s about falling in love with… Read More »