Walking Through the Storm In a Fancy Hat The end is the beginning. Telling time by remembering the end of the world.

A good reminder that we all need right now!
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Failing Spectacularly “I tried, and I didn’t succeed”, I had written, with tears of pain and agony pouring down my cheeks, the sting of failure fresh in my heart. I hadn’t made it to the mainstage. I didn’t get that infusi...

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Sour New Zealand Milk Reflecting on my son's horrific experience working at a "Māori-Run" Dairy Farm

Reflections on my son's experience working at a New Zealand dairy farm, caution, trigger warning!
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NO KINGS! TUCSON AZ · No Kings 🚨**On Saturday, June 14, join us in Tucson, AZ as we flood the streets with our MOTOR MARCH! Beat the heat with us and protest from your car. Or if you prefer to cheer on from the sidewalk, see the ma...

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Cat looking at books in a bookstore.

Cat walking through bookshelves.

Following a cat as it picks out books at the Iliad in LA.

I just joined a new book club, we read the Women by Kristin Hannah, it was so good!! I can't even count how many times I cried while reading it. We met at a Vietnamese restaurant to talk about the book, it was like a wonderful dream...

White Supremacist Nick Fuentes, who infamously taunted "your body, my choice," has been arrested and charged with battery after spraying a woman in the face with pepper spray.

#NAZI #FAFO

Part 3: Reading this book of interviews from women who surrendered children for adoption before roe vs wade has been incredibly emotional and sobering as I get ready to write the next chapter of my novel.

Part 2: Since I've started writing this novel the themes of it have become more and more important to me as we see women's rights to birth control and abortion attacked, echoing back to a time when interracial couples were kept apart and women had little autonomy over their bodies.

Korean fried rice and chai for breakfast as I read research for lost daughter, my in progress novel about a white teen girl who falls in love with a Filipino soldier during world war 2. She gets pregnant, her family secretly sends her away to a maternity home and forces her to give up her daughter.

About to watch a live production of Scrooge with my mom and my son! I directed this play in high school just for the fun of it, so I'm excited to see it done professionally!

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

Image of cranberry jelly from a can, with characteristic ribbing.

Sorry for the canned joke.

Today I am Grateful Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving

Giving thanks on a day of gratitude, and I appreciate you so much for taking the time to read it!
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Hugs

I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.

#woke

Boy with Down syndrome in riding helmet smiling with the Catalina mountains in the background.

Boy with Down syndrome standing up on horse.

Boy with Down syndrome riding white horse.

Once a week I take my son Benny for riding lessons. His trainer says that her goal is to have him riding independently. She doesn't see his Down syndrome or autism, she sees a boy who loves to ride and who is capable. Best part of my day.

I'm in Tucson and it's now tomorrow but the highlight of my day yesterday was getting to watch my son Benny horse ride, which also meant visiting this miniature horse who is a companion horse for an anxious big horse named Tobey who can't go anywhere without her. Sometimes a friend is all we need.

You look like a writer!

Met a random Nanowrimo buddy for a writing session and finished a chapter!

Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.

But you got to go, and you'll have that memory forever!

What?!!! Amazing! I love her singing and songwriting, and honestly everything about her.

Them:

“Bluesky is an echo chamber & you’re too fragile”

Also them:

Consistently spreads misinformation
Re-tweets fascists & far-right.
Responds only with harassment& bullying

Heart shape in the froth of a cup of Matcha latte.

This just never gets old for me. Anytime we can inject a little art and beauty into our day to day life we should!

Cats are somehow both the proletariat and the bourgeoisie

They defy all attempts at categorization and just sit on top of the ontological imperative, and stare at you

Anybody else get to the canned goods and just feel like you canned do it? Like maybe those groceries are just fine sitting on the floor there for the next year or so.

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Sitting on my porch drinking tea and reading a David Sedaris book checked out from the library is a great way to start the day.