This is a letter to a young poet. They might not identify as a poet the way people who make art might not identify as artists. The label sounds like a big deal. But I know a little about who they are and feel qualified to call them poet, artist, visionary, genius, activist, radical, witch. … Read More »
Dear friend, thank you for using your white privilege to help others and improve the world. Thank you for using your thin privilege and hot privilege to help the world too, including helping people like me who might not have thin and hot privilege. Thank you for using your abled-ness and your abled privilege… 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 doing? I’ve been thinking about my basic needs for close relationship. Ming and I have lived in Kalapuya land for almost a year now. I’m getting to know this biome and this town, and we’re forming alliances. I need to be close to people who treat me in ways… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you today? I want to show you some reasons to live. I create this list for a specific friend. But maybe it could be useful to you also. reasons to live hugs dogs soaking in a hot tub stars tacos strange dreams pizza helping someone skiing music friendship the desert storytelling… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing today? I’m thinking about friendship stress after a valuable conversation I had with a housemate friend. how friendship feels How do you feel in friendship? Are your connections feeling supportive helpful real trustworthy safe enough Do you have what you need with other people? Are other people even worth… Read More »
Hello, how are you, reader? So much, I’m thinking about community lately. Ming and I are learning a lot in our home. We had a zoom dinner with a prospective new housemate, and he asked about how conflict is handled in the house. It brought up a lot of feelings for me, and I’ve been… Read More »
Hello, I wrote a new song. First it was called You make me wish I wasn’t homeless. Now I think it’s called Song for Danielle. Wow, and it was her birthday yesterday. The song is heartfelt and has some funny parts, and I hope you like it. Please hear it if you can and share with… Read More »
“Do you sing?” my friend asked me. We were on his porch in the morning, and he had just sung a few songs for me to dance to at my request. Down By the River, something like Give Me Jesus, and a Gate Gate Parasamgate. He spoke to me of many things: pottery his mom… Read More »
Zine community is important to me. I have a friend who makes Echo Publishing, and she does a ton for the zine community. I’m so grateful to her! Echo Publishing has been going for 21 years. Recently my friend posted her zine reads from May of this year, and a couple zines by me are… Read More »