This post “worship” is a letter to a friend. Dear community, Thank you for letting me know you don’t consent to be deified. I’m sorry I deified you. That’s how I love by default: bahkti. I can love you in other ways, like you’re useful. Or I can try loving you like you’re just funny… Read More »
This post things I like about you today is a letter. Dear friend, Here are some things I like about you today. I like how you have values that are based on your own perceptions, preferences, and decisions. Culture hands us scripts, and you mostly threw them all out into the wild yellow yonder, where… 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 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 »
Hello, reader–how are you? Ming and I are planning to move, which means a lot to do and so much to feel. Meanwhile, our closest friend in town Bagonia has a noise show at John Henry’s on January 22nd. Please come, if you’re around. Here’s the flier. On my phone I found this flier hard… Read More »
A friend came to visit me and comfort me. They recognized that my therapist dying is a big deal. We went for a walk to this new flower mural at the school across the street that I’ve been wanting to visit. It’s always a good sign when a friend helps me to do things I’ve… Read More »
Oh hey. I’d like to tell you about the mackerel experiment. Did you know some people like to eat fish? Yes, those sleek animals that swim in the water. Ming is one of those people. Some people enjoy eating salmon, cod, or catfish. Ming’s favorite type of fish to eat is mackerel. I was talking… Read More »
I was with my good friend. She was driving me and Ming home in her minivan, and we were talking. Somehow, it came up what my favorite letter is. As you probably know, my favorite letter is x. Keeping the X is the name of a book my bestie and I made a few years… Read More »
“You wanna hear this book with me?” I asked Ming. I’m reading a book Dancing in the Streets with my friend up in Canada. She’s reading it for a class, and knows the subject matter interests me. It was sweet, she invited me to be her book buddy! The book is about group ecstatic states–Dancing… Read More »
loss I lost the friendship of one of my closest friends. The loss shakes my life. He’s the friend I talked to the most, besides Ming. We txted a few times a day, and pics to each other. We had a weekly phone call, shared projects, co-worked sometimes. I told him everything–there’s almost nothing I… Read More »