It’s been kind of rough lately. Yesterday I went to pick up the kids and there were latex balloons in the office. I was wearing a respirator and my car was closed, but I still reacted (I had parked right outside the open door). I went home, showered, and changed my clothes. Thankfully it was …
rose
good morning. I dropped my Pinephone (my camera) inside the couch yesterday and it was stuck and the only way to get it out involved Alex LIFTING UP the couch and so he LIFTED UP the couch and the Atticus (our cat) of course DARTED UNDER the couch and so Alex was LIFTING UP the …
the need to protect each other as culture shifts under new presidency
Image: my computer, Platformer I was reading about the new lack-of-rules for Meta about essentially allowing hate speech against people based on gender/sex, to align more with incoming Mr. T administration, and I hate what it means, symbolically- another sign of the “hate era” I’m sure he’d like the next few years to be. What …
saturday
Today was pretty good. The people affected by the fires are still on my mind. I read the news a bit. Really horrific things are happening. It’s hard to know sometimes how to process things like that while also taking care of kids, etc. (Here is a list of helping organizations). We played dominos and …
today
I’m thinking of everyone affected by the southern CA fires, right now. It’s a lot of people that I know. I used to live in that area, as did a lot of my ancestors. A family farm (started a few generations back) in that area burned down completely a few years ago, as did the …
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This blog post is holding space. Holding space for bad things that are happening today in the political world. Holding space for the memories of bad things that happened a year ago, today, too. I don’t want to talk. What I want to do is scream, cry, break things. Simultaneously angry and dissociated. Holding space.
ways that I think that people are smart, and ways that I think people are stupid*
ways that I think people are smart – the concept of a social safety net. This was a good idea – all of the effort that has gone into researching and creating vaccines. Very smart. – inventing chocolate – nuclear power plants – Eli Whitney and the cotton gin – stretch jeans – Black Friday …
opinion: male celebrities
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the people who should be acknowledged, and to also not acknowledge the people who shouldn’t be acknowledged. I’ll start with my least favorite male celebrities: I’m imagining an image. I won’t say his name. orange. ok Next: favorite male celebrities: Ryan Gosling via GIPHY First off, …
opinion: trees
I thought it would be fun to occasionally write my opinion about random things. Ignore this if it’s weird, I know that it’s weird. ok. so. trees. Trees are good. I’m a big fan of most trees, especially Christmas trees, also willow trees, eucalyptus trees, most pine trees (especially redwoods), Indian Paintbrush trees, and trees …
latest things
It’s been kind of hard for me, the past few days, because I know school starts again soon, and I’m really enjoying seeing my kids. There has been lots of snuggling. Today I finally set up a chess board I got months ago, and got to play with my oldest. ♥️ I haven’t played chess …