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linux

Hello, how are you doing?  I asked my housemate friend to show me linux on the house computer.  He had just installed a new version.  I really need some audacity for the radio show I’m working on. Long ago I wanted audacity, when I was rapping and needed to edit sound files.  But audacity won’t… Read More »

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survival

“When you realize you’re going to live, it’s time to brush your teeth,” I told Ming.  We were talking about survival, reminiscing about when I was in the hospital.  “Hmm, it’s been a few days.  I might need these later.” The nurse brings you a toothbrush and toothpaste, and a little basin.  Then someone helps… Read More »

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stop shopping

Hello, do you know about Rev Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir?  I have two good friends in that choir.  I’ve been arrested in civil disobedience with both of them, doing peace work. I love the ideas of the Earth Church.  Rev Billy preaches anti-capitalism and love of Earth through Stop Shopping. He and the… Read More »

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art show

Hello, how are you doing?  Ming and I put up an art show at a local library, then survived the reception.   There are zines, poetry memes, mixed media, art embroidery, and the St Brigid’s Cross of Lavender that I wove from lavender in the garden. Can I show you some pictures? Thank you to the… Read More »

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new interview: zines, witchery, power in community

Hello, how are you?  There’s a new interview up on youtube.  A two person roundtable conversation.  A brilliant witch living in community in the South invited me to speak. We talk about some of my favorite topics.  My experience as a multi-outsider in the Catholic Worker is great to talk about.  I love what I… Read More »

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functionally ill 32

Hello, how are you doing?  I made a new zine.  Feels important–would you like to trade?  It’s functionally ill 32: autism plus crazy is a whole other thing. I copied it today at my old favorite copy shop Copy World in Berkeley.  It’s five cents a page–up from three cents a page, ten years ago. … Read More »

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my zine presentation realized

Hello, how are you doing?  I’d like to share my zine presentation link.  Some folx were present over zoom for the Zines ASSEMBLAGE conference in England.  If you missed it, you can see my presentation whenever you like.  It’s here. I was aiming for 20 minutes and just about made it.  Ming and I were… Read More »

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prayer for Catholics

Ming and I visited a small mission, inland from San Diego in southern California.  In the church we saw some propaganda right by the door, about how Ming and I are not ok in the eyes of God.  It hurt, and I prayed this prayer for Catholics.  Please pray along with me. Prayer for Catholics… Read More »

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hat genius 25

Hello, I made a new poetry zine: hat genius 25.  I wrote the poems slowly over the months, mostly when Ming and I still lived in Las Vegas.  There’s a new one called “trans” that I wrote a week or two ago, I think somewhere in California. More recently I finished the zine’s first poem… Read More »

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you make me wish I wasn’t homeless

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 »