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 »
Hello, reader. How’ve you been? Are you very entitled? The word has negative connotations. Too much entitlement is a bad thing. But timidity and self-effacing issues I have historically make me think I should work to be a little more entitled. Then I might be braver to speak up for what I need and also… Read More »
Hello, reader. Are you confident? I am becoming more so, as I’m less afraid of people and love myself more as a grown-ass adult. But I feel annoyed that I need to be confident in order to be taken seriously, especially in community. Being confident feels almost violent to me, especially when it’s loud; it… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m thinking how friends can nurture one another. I need support and help, but it’s hard to figure out what to ask for. Today when I asked Spirit what I most need, Spirit said I need to be nurtured. Yes, that’s true. I miss my mom. Ming is very… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I want to share with you some words to use instead of crazy. My chosen family member friend I talk to every day was polo-ing me. Marco Polo is our favorite app to communicate with. Sure we txt like regular modern human beings. But Marco Polo is an app… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? There was a protest here in Eugene for homelessness justice. Lately a lot of local unhoused people are getting serious inappropriate consequences from the police. The sweeps are brutal. It’s heartbreaking. I was thinking about signs I can make. Ming and I brainstormed together. ideas list Housing Is a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I love foraging. It brings together my favorite things: free food, intimacy with plants, and nature time. Sometimes I don’t feel empowered, or what if I make a mistake? To mitigate that, I feel braver with a buddy. parks My dear friend and I went to a local park and… Read More »
Hello, reader! How are you? Do you have pain and / or reduced functionality of your body? Lately I’m problem solving physical therapy. I have a very hard time inhabiting and moving my body in an intentional way, especially around people I don’t know well. Right now I’m on my third physical therapist, and all… Read More »
I was talking with someone I love but don’t know super well. She’s one of the people I respect most in the world. We went for a walk. Why do I respect her so much? She is powerful like a goddess. She holds vast expanses– she helps hold the spiritual lives of hundreds, maybe thousands… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Are you an ambitious person? How are you with conflict? Spirit said my ambition is peace and rest, but my destiny is creating conflict. Whoa, I see a contradiction there. No wonder I feel so much consternation about my life’s work. It was different to ask the cards about… Read More »