Dear playful friend, I was doing an interview with PUSO which is part of a book project. We were talking about community; I asked PUSO what community is. PUSO explained different ways of conceptualizing community; then siya turned the tables and asked me what community is. So I went off. We come to community for… Read More »
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 »
Dear sweetheart, I’m sorry if someone called you lazy. Asking for help is sacred. I want to be respectful and a safe person to ask for help. Also a safe person to say no to. The idea of being lazy doesn’t worry me too much because I’m disabled, and I opt out of capitalism productivity… Read More »
This post “magic salve” is a letter to my friend. Dear one, Thank you for letting me give you that magic salve. I hope it helps you re-vision anything I say that sounds critical in the best possible light. That late afternoon golden light makes me feel kinda drunk, like the bee must feel drunk… Read More »
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. I’m ready to come out to you; I want you to know I’m transgender. I am not a man. Yet I’m not a woman. I’m nonbinary gender; this is an important part of who I am. I’ve mentioned being trans and having a queer trans spirituality in this blog. But today I want… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s your soul? My last blog post about my gender these days as well as disability, do you remember it? There was a part where I was talking about how my queer trans spirituality keeps me safe and keeps me going. This post is addressing the friend I went on that life changing… Read More »
This post bamboo is a letter to my friend, if you would like to see how much I love plants. walk Dear friend, I went for a little walk this morning and looked at the plant I thought was bamboo. My phone told me that yes, it is bamboo–golden bamboo, the vulgaris. Bambusa vulgaris. Looks… Read More »