Thinking about love.

Unconditional love is such a weird concept. It’s both crazy hard and incredibly simple. Hard to remember. Especially when I feel overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, unsure, disconnected. Sometimes I have to remind myself from the outside when I forget how to access...

A sandwich, a magic wand, desire, yes-but.

Me: I wanna sandwich! Sandwich! Inquisitive and loving me, who might also be a fairy godmother: That seems like a reasonable thing to want. If I could wave my magic wand and get you one this very instant, would you take it? Me: Yes! But I want it with pickles. And...

The Treasure Map

On Day 2 of the last Rally (Rally!), I spent the entire morning and part of the afternoon creating a giant treasure map. A treasure map! Because that was the big idea that our morning group Shiva Nata flailing gave me. My monsters did not like this one bit. And they...

Throw it in the pot.

This is a thing I picked up from Tapas about six years ago. It’s completely brilliant in a fractal flowers sort of way. The idea is this: Everything you’re choosing to do for yourself probably has some sort of purpose or intention. But don’t stop...

Setting it up.

Over the past few months I’ve been spending a huge portion of my time trying to set things up for Slightly Future Me so her day goes well and she feels cared for by me. It’s a pretty interesting practice. Last week I was on my vacation and things were...
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