Clay
Her paw print, laid in clay. A concave piercing, always asking... Never answering.
An Unwanted Man
An overlooked weed. An inconvenient wildflower. A bad man. An unwanted man. The car arrives. So does the heartbeat. So does the doubt. Old friends, most of them. Faces familiar as the sunflower. Some aged, some not. Ten seconds to the garage. It takes a year. Hugs. Small talk. The
On a Sunny Day
The entire backyard is FULL of thriving wildflowers as I type this. Pollinators of all sorts. During a tough time in my life, I bought a bunch of native wildflower seeds, and chaotic-good-manner sort of sprinkled threw them all over. Just add water, ha. Slowly and then...shockingly
May I Give You This Gift?
I stopped at that same store again. Same counter, same (strangely comforting) dim fluorescent everything. The man who passed my little handwritten card to its intended receiver the other day was working. We're close acquaintances, in the small way you get close to someone whose register you keep
An Unexpected Brother
There is a man who works at a location I drive past most days. I often stop in for some essentials. He has a name on his work badge but I am not going to write it here. I have not had the opportunity to ask for his approval, nor
Nothing more urgent.
Tonight I sat down at a neighbor's (beautiful) nursery that I always drive by but rarely stop. Out of respect for them and their privacy, I'll exclude their name. Their setup is the kind of thing some folks would call "super messy". And that&
Am I an Imposter?
Hey there, thank you for stopping by! 👋 ❤️ You are not an imposter. Not at all. You never have been. You never will be. If anyone tells you that you are, makes you feel that way, or makes you feel less than: send them directly to me. Seriously. You aren'
No Rescue Is Coming.
I know how that reads. Cold, potentially harsh, or judgmental. I promise you it's not. This is not a "toughen-up" post...it's the total opposite. ❤️ When I say no rescue is coming, I do not mean you don't have friends or
The One in Five
Yesterday was NAMI walks day in our area. It is one of my favorite days of the year. If you have not heard of it, the National Alliance on Mental Illness puts on these walks every year to raise awareness for mental health challenges of all kinds. The walks exist
On Fearlessness, Courage, & Bravery
I keep coming back to this idea of "fearlessness". And I'm not sure it actually exists. At least my guess would be not for ninety-nine point nine percent of the population. I am often scared. I would guess... just a guess... that someone who is
Already Free, Now Extra Free: Pause & Breathe, Ember, and Cancer Self Care
A week ago I posted about why I built Pause & Breathe. There was a parenthetical in it I really disliked, but it had to be there to be true: "No way to even purchase the app (there is a gratitude tip section. The app NEVER nudges you towards
Happy Hanuman Jayanti
A small-ish but important post for me today. Carefully written because I am not an expert and still learning here (story of my life, ha!). Hanuman Jayanti falls on different days across India's regions, which I learned only this week. In the north, it was observed last