Hello, reader. How are you doing? Yesterday Ming helped me do a short ritual blessing my knees. I want to tell you about it, in case your knees need blessing too. chakras I’ve thought a lot about chakras and where we hold energy in our bodies. Often I’ve thought our feet, ankles, knees, and hips… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I’ve been thinking about shame. What is shame, and why do we feel it? Is it ever helpful? I see people feeling shame who don’t need it. The shame drains their energy like a hole in a bucket. Then the people who do great wrongs are not feeling shame. Hmm–why… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I attended a workshop about consensus. It was put on by the intentional community Snake Village and gave me delicious food for thought. Still digesting it. what it is Consensus is a decision making style that anarchists such as myself are supposed to do or at least have a good… Read More »
“When you look at someone’s life and see things that they can’t see, sometimes that can hurt a lot,” I said. “I’m not sure why.” This morning I was crying. “What’s wrong?” Ming asked, half asleep. “Not sure anything’s wrong,” I said. Death, loss, miscommunication, vulnerability, time, fear, the fragility of bodies. “There’s just a… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Life’s good in Oregon. Been thinking about how balance in relationships is justice. So many people do work to change culture at large scale. Then they neglect the interpersonal ways that we need to do justice at home too. Please love me right. Please do justice in love. airtime One… Read More »
Hola! I’d like to tell you a story about a keychain depicting the ideal woman. Gender power violence is something we’re asked to swallow every day. memory When I was a kid in high school, there was a boy in my journalism class. He was white, rich, conservative, in AP classes, and considered very smart. … Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Ming and I tabled zines at a transgender day of remembrance, here where we live now in Oregon. Wow, it was intense. We make little altars wherever we go. The only one who can protect me from sliding to death in my grief is the Mother of God. I held… Read More »
Hello, I love art, including music and musical instruments. Especially traditional musical instruments that have become obscure. Nyckelharpa is an instrument our respected friends Toby and Fred play. It’s a traditional Swedish instrument that has special dances that go along with the songs. Toby told us that the different villages have their own songs and… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I painted this deep respect cub care jaguar. Thought you might like to see it. Deep respect cub care jaguar is craft paint on reclaimed product packaging card stock. It’s based on a photo of a sculpture I saw online. In the sculpture photo, I can see the Jaguar is… Read More »
My feelings are valid, but that’s a newish realization. I didn’t always know that. I was looking at this art meme by western_nectar, feeling emotions roll around inside me. “You’ve got a lot of nerve not living up to the version of you in my head,” the hot lady says. She is Black and thin,… Read More »