I'm trying to be zen. I'm trying. Perhaps the zen part of my brain broke this week. Possibly. It seems likely. Is there a zen repair shop? It'll probably cost too much. Everything does these days, and this is why my zen is broken. Anyway, my apologies, y'all, for conceding to the capitalism hellscape by …
Continue reading Can you tell me the way to the zen repair shop?
The title of this blog post may make no sense. Hey, it describes the what's in the photo, does it not? This entertaining creation sits on a table in a local coffee shop. This particular coffee shop has been through it. I love its tenacity. Its vibes. But it seems like nearly everywhere is going …
In my office, I've stuck a few dozen glow-in-the-dark stars on the walls. It's silly because during the day, I can't see them. Well, I can if I look for them, but they're easy to miss. And I don't sit in my office in the dark. Weird, huh? So I see the stars only at …
The news is a horror show. Yes, perhaps it has always been this way, but these days, the horrors pour nonstop into our lives thanks to the technology we created to improve our lives. Ahem. Anyway. I'm going to write about something with no real stakes. Because frankly it's nice to be distracted by something …
(So many content warnings, y'all. Don't click the links if you don't want to see the images. I linked them in order to cite some sources.) Many of us know what it is to lose someone. We may journey through the land of grief on different paths, facing different monsters, but everyone who lives long …
A door at one of my favorite places. I am, in spite of the state of things, an optimist. Not an oblivious cheerful cheerleader of relentless, cloying positivity. No. Life is hard. When you're trapped in the headlight of an oncoming train, life may very well come along and hit you in the back of …
(Two posts in one week! It must be a semester break.) The first thing I'm going to do in the New Year is contradict myself. (Honestly, it's a lifelong habit. Why change now?) In my last post, I talked about organizing. And yes, I'm still going to experiment with ways to organize documents and photos, …
Continue reading It’s (Still) the Most Liminal Time of the Year
Here is what I started last year--a year ago this very week, in fact. But then, I put this journal in a place where, of course, I didn't see it again until a few days ago when I rearranged a few things. So, let's try again. That's life, isn't it? Trying and trying again and …
Continue reading The End of the Year Means Organizing Something. (I don’t make the rules.)
for lists! Plenty of people make better lists than I do. Austin Kleon, for example. And I'm terrible at keeping track of what I read or watched. Often I forget if I've read something this year or last year or five years ago. So for what it's worth, here's a list of things I loved …
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