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anything harder than your hand can be a thimble

Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you sew? I like making art embroidery, and more recently, I’ve been amending my clothes. This morning I was sewing a patch on my purple sweatshirt jacket and realized that anything harder than your hand can be a thimble. conversation “Sewing actually takes a lot of hand strength,”… Read More »

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what friendship is for

Hello, reader. Do you think about what friendship is for? I’m showing up for friendship so I can engage a being mutually and learn a thing I could never otherwise learn. Here are some various reasons to do friendship. activity partner comrade someone to bounce ideas off– for perspective build community networking see if this… Read More »

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commitment requires energy

Hello, reader. How you doing? Commitment requires energy, and not everyone has it. I’m glad Ming and I are signed up for love. Our chosen family member asked me what I mean when I say it’s work, keeping a spot for someone. I mean commitment requires energy. Relationship matters to me and is a big… Read More »

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desire journal

Hi, reader. How are you doing? I like to desire journal. Please join me in this wellness skill. I want to tell you what I want more of, these days. gratitude first Ming and I gratitude journal every day. I’ve talked before about how important it is to me, to know what Ming is grateful… Read More »

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skills in community

Hello, reader. How are you doing? Someone on a social media site said recently… she’s a 48 year old woman with a few skills for homesteading like sewing, gardening, foraging, and herbalism. But she wanted ideas of what more to learn. She mentioned she sews but doesn’t make her own patterns, as if she was… Read More »

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letting people go

Letting people go is a way I maintain happy relationships. Maybe it’s counter-intuitive. But letting people go is a way I emphasize someone’s freedom and release them from old contracts. I love consent. Consent is sacred. I want to respect everyone’s freedom. But sometimes I get confused and think someone owes me something. Sorry about… Read More »

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open letter to faeries

I wrote an open letter to fairies. It explains a boundary for my emotional-spiritual health. It’s about how I can’t share physical contact casually. Just to clarify– I’m talking about any faeries. Radical faeries in the woods who don’t wear much clothes and celebrate pagan holidays. Faeries who bite. Faeries who speak on the wind,… Read More »

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how to deescalate Strawberry

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I want to tell you how to deescalate Strawberry. If you ever are near me when I’m panicking, at the edge of panicking, over overwhelmed, “autistic meltdown,” or having some kind of anger attack… In some circumstances, it might be best for me to escalate. I might need to… Read More »

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new

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  I wrote a prayer I’m praying every day.  I made a new desktop collage, something like a vision board, so I see it every day. On the left it has the fat folks tarot card that inspired my dream to embody Emperor energy.  The ram has a serious look. … Read More »

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how to plan

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  Recently I sat down with Ming at an Indian food restaurant in Junction City, and we talked about how to plan. I’m a big time planner–might be a Virgo thing?  Oh no, it’s probably my flavor of autism.  I can see a long way down the chain of cause… Read More »