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 are you doing? My dear one got deployed to fight fires for the first time. So a witch friend suggested I might do a spell for my dear one’s safe return. Ever since, I’ve been thinking about destiny and magic. Do you believe in destiny? Are you afraid of tinkering with destiny?… Read More »
The snake is sad about old guard community kings who don’t see queer transness as important to the human experience. They will acknowledge in an official way that queer trans people matter, as they center themselves over and over again. The old guard community kings are impressed by a slick professionalism that anarchist kids like… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Yesterday I went to a wild park with Ming. People ride horses there. There are some creeks and a fork of the Willamette River. I went there to sun, rest, and talk to the wind. I showed up in a horrible mood. So sad, missing my mom like hell, peevish,… 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 »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? The meaning of death is changing for me. I spend more time with the dead than with the living these days, in my heart / imagination / spiritual life. Most of that is time I’m spending with my mom. But my friend Ellie’s memorial is today. Spending time with… 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? I have a radical faerie friend Camellia who needs help around gender affirming surgery. Please consider contributing to this GoFundMe that I set up: Support Camellia’s Gender Affirming Surgery. https://gofund.me/00b9d42db Camellia is someone who I’ve known for a year and a half, who is warm, creative, curious, and full… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My family has changed– we have new names I want to tell you. They are Quing Bun, Emperor Strawberry, and the Bun Tender. Emperor Strawberry is easy–that’s me. I’m tasty, sweet, flavorful, and red–crushable, fresh, fruity, from my homeland. Emperor energy has been my project for maybe a… Read More »
“Ooo, yeah. I’ve been wanting to write a blog post about loving unauthorized smells,” I told my good friend. “The smell of a hot iron is definitely a smell I’m not supposed to love.” My friend was ironing a tree skirt. That was part of a process of transforming the tree skirt into a Strawberry… Read More »