Friday Chicken #173: pickles, you say?

In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. I am completely baffled by the Friday! Being sequestered at the Playground all week...

Very Personal Ads #124: everything hums

Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write these VPAs to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted. I always get useful information about my relationship with various...

Hello, November.

Saying hello to the months is an experimental form, and always changing. This is the fifth time I’m trying this (in a row — whoah!), and each time I’ve done it differently. I’ve read over July and August and September and October, and each one...

More clews!

So I went clew-searching again. And every time I do this, I wonder why I don’t do it a hundred times a day. It’s crazy-helpful and always surprising. These are the clews that I decided were clews. The ones that caught my eye as I was perched on my teaching...
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