Categories
Dangerous Compassions

reasons to live

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 »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

my pain

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  My housemate friend asked me about my pain. Yes, it’s a big topic.  I love myself unconditionally, and I understand deep in my bones that all bodies are valid bodies. My pain might be like yours, or it might be different.  But I wrote a list poem, and I… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

what I like best about having a girlfriend

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  I’ve been thinking about what I like best about having a girlfriend.  I have a four item list. what I like best about having a girlfriend Maybe pause and take a moment to try to predict my list.  What do you think I like best? How about you?  What’s… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

health anxiety

Hello–how are you doing?  I have a lot of anxiety, including social anxiety.  A weird thing about me is I worry about the past.  But one of the worst anxieties for me is health anxiety.  It’s tied into family pain and fear of death, which can be incapacitating. The way I frame my own experiences… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

facts about me socially

Hello, how are you doing?  I was having conflict with a new friend.  Writing about the situation in my Secret Googledocs of Navel Gazing, I wrote myself into a realization about four pages in:  My friend is hurting me about things that he actually has no idea about me yet.  So I decided to list… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

what you could do for me

Hello, how are you doing?  It’s my birthday!  I’m so glad to be alive.  Thank you contributing to my survival.  I was thinking about what you could do for me, should you care to give some blessing gift or support my projects. These are my main projects. art making, including art embroidery writing–zines and blogs… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

how to know it’s a no

Trying to get away from the last person I was in a dysfunctional relationship with–wow, that was hard work.  I’ve had many low-key dysfunctional relationships, but this was one of the more dangerous and expensive.  I want to write about how to know it’s a no.  Please learn from my errors! when you’re afraid to… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

my day in lists

Hello, thought you might enjoy to hear my day in lists.  Ming took this super cute picture of Beatrice the other day with her tongue out. songs I sang to the goats this morning during milking Here are the songs, in order! Love Will Build a Bridge by the Judds All We Got Is Each… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

what to mourn

Hello, how are you doing?  I’ve been thinking about what to mourn.  Here’s a list of ideas if you need some alternatives to mourning what others are mourning.  I imagine a flower falling into a hole in the ground for each of these items listed. what to mourn Mourn your own childhood.  The good parts,… Read More »

Categories
Dangerous Compassions

checklist

Hello, how are you doing?  I’ve been thinking a lot about disability, worth, how all bodies are valid bodies, and what disabled people are denied in an ableist world.  I started making a checklist in my head, of people who could be considered lesser than.  I will write it for you here. checklist Do you… Read More »