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roasting chiles at home

Hello, reader.  How are you?  Looks like I never posted about recently roasting chiles at home.  Here in Oregon we can roast chiles like champs.  It’s not just for California and Nevada, I have learned! fire At our request, our housemate made a fire in the backyard.  They’d had a long day at work.  I… Read More »

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my ways

“Are you making fun of my ways?” I asked Ming. “No,” he said. I had made some vegan, gluten-free lasagna for the house.  It was a little bit dry, and I was concerned it would get drier.  So I used the spatula to put water on the lasagna from the sink.  I sprinkled the water… Read More »

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peanut butter

Hello, reader.  How are you today?  I’ve been using peanut butter in inappropriate ways lately.  Is that worth a blog post in itself?  Let’s figure that out–together.  High five seems appropriate here, in a cartoon way. thick What do you think of peanut butter?  I liked it from childhood, but found it a bit thick… Read More »

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carrot cake

Hello, reader.  How are you? My dad loved carrot cake for his birthday, with cream cheese frosting and walnuts. We were a no-raisin family, thank goodness. I remember how he looked forward to the cake, and we joked about it. Like–what kind of cake do you want for your birthday?  We asked, even though we… Read More »

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fae food

Hello, reader–how are you doing?  What have you been thinking about lately?  I’ve been thinking about relationships, how touch functions in my life, and fae food. Do you have the relationships you need to feel strong and do your life’s work?  I am doing quite well on relationships.  I have Ming, who is almost always… Read More »

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logic puzzles

“Did you ever do logic puzzles when you were a kid?” I asked Ming. “No,” he said.  “I failed at them.” “Yeah,” I said.  “I see that.” We laughed. “You tell me a thing, and then you tell me another thing, and another thing.  But the first thing totally contradicts the third thing.  And I… Read More »

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Noam Chomsky

“I was just cheating on you,” I told Ming. He was entering our room after taking a shower.  I showed him my screen, which had this paused video of Noam Chomsky talking about liberation theology.  He’s been my pretend boyfriend for a long time.  Long before Ming. We laughed. “It’s ok,” I said.  “I’ll share… Read More »

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how I wind down

Hello–how are you doing?  I led a skillshare for my house about disability justice and fat liberation.  It was emotional, vulnerable, a big deal, and at my worst time for energy–after dinner.  To complete the task, I needed to get wound up.  Afterward my friend asked me over txt how I wind down. Txting is… Read More »

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out of gender

“We’re all out of gender.  So I’ll go to the store,” Ming said. “What?” I asked. “I’ll go to the store for gender.  And lettuce for the salad,” he said. “Why would you buy gender?” I asked.  “We have way too much gender around!  Let us run out!” “Ginger.  We’re out of ginger,” he said.… Read More »

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diet

Hello–how are you doing?  Do you have a reaction to the word diet?  For me, it’s a bad word.  It hurts.  This anarchist bunny doesn’t like it either.  Riots not diets! Even through the denotation is neutral, the connotation of “diet” is painfully negative.  That has to do with how I’ve been treated in culture… Read More »