The Pirate Queen’s Vacationing Notebook

So I’m on Official Non-Emergency Pirate Queen Holiday this week. As you might imagine, there has been much journaling. Thought you might like a peek at some of the bits and pieces in the Pirate Queen Vacation Spiral Notebook. I hope it mostly makes sense. The...

Item! Who doesn’t want a Tweedle Bug?

A somewhat goofy mini-collection of stuff I’ve been reading, stuff I’ve been thinking about and oh, some completely random crap. Basically the stuff that never gets mentioned here because I’m not the kind of person who can just make some teeny little...

One Hundred Chickens.

I like rituals. This is not a secret. I like the way they can be tiny and silly and mysterious all at the same time. How they cultivate mindfulness but not in some annoying “ooh I’m being mindful” way. How they can be private and communal at the same...

Ringing the bell.

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there’s a restaurant* called the Gandy Dancer. I’d link to it but they play outstandingly annoying music on their website.** Trust me. Anyway. The name is a slang term for early railroad workers. And the restaurant itself is right...
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