chef’s kiss

#gossamer snowflakes
Different versions made
of the same materials
Like the lining of our hearts…
Brain pathways
Emotions work the same
Reactions differ
In response to experience
It’s hard to be an individual
when you want to share
You shut down
To protect
What you’ve built alone
#vss365 #poem

BMO, Fu and Patchy

BMO and Fu playing with their new cactus house

Naminals #pets #cats #dogs

Let the #inspiration level ebb and flow
on its own
Be a part of the path
Organize surroundings first
Start small. Practice
There is no perfection
Only a stage to set
for maintenance of
a place of rest and movement
Meet basic needs
Yours and others first
Be calm. Be diligent
#Vss365 #poetry

Fascism is here in America.

Each day’s #infinity
Starling on the weathervane
Breaks from the flock
Calls out to his kind
Huddled in trees not as tall
as his perch.
Today, one joined him.
All directions beneath them
Except for North, which has worn away.
Talons leave microscopic indentations
Whispers of erosion
#Vss365

I don’t feel guilty today,
I tell myself
Heaviness of heart & a pensive mind means a pure soul,
I tell myself.
Being raised in the shadow of the Feminine Mystique is to blame,
I tell myself.
Living with a monster who only saw in bad or good hurt my self esteem,
I tell myself.
#vss365 #guilty

Patchy and his unicorn 🦄 #dog #pomchi

Yesterday, I found some cage free eggs at the local grocery store for a little over $5.00. There was one carton left. I looked inside of the carton, and none were broken. I was surprised. I snatched it up like a child during an Easter Egg Hunt. Merica, fuck yeah.

When you get a text from the local Mormon church and a call from an Israel Bible center…and they both tell you that you put in requests online last night to attend their churches…. You realize that orders of protection don’t stop the pathetic from coming through. 2 Years later🙄 #stopdomesticviolence

he called her
crazy:
an insult or
a compliment
when he was
unarmed
to do battle
with her wit

#QuickQuill R4

I have been accepted to Nursing School. 👩‍⚕️ ❤️

Continue: by Maya Angelou

My wish for you
Is that you continue

Continue

To be who and how you are
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness

Continue

To allow humor to lighten the burden
of your tender heart

Continue

…

*rendering.

Mud slip, sun spit
Warm drip
Sooth my dry winter shell
Follow streams
Downhill
towards where the building
was.
“Tallow rending hides and wool” reads the map.
#Flocculent goods; jars full of saturated fats.
Dog paws stick in the earth
I pull an old ink well out of the dirt.
#Vss365 #poetry

The #rigamarole is settling
Not behind: dust
I’m careful not to kick it up.
I’m stepping over, like taking the sidewalk at the end of winter
Come across a slushy spot
Stop and assess
Take your time deciding if you should
Scale the hard ice side
or move to the road.
#vss365 #poetry
#poet #growth

An over-grown #copse
Sometimes I stumble
When a branch falls
Or I think of the tree that landed on
Us
In a dream
All wet with rain, glass and fear
Walls fell
Confusion blurred my sight
In a bed that took up the whole room
You took up a whole side of me
Even in the darkness of my nightmares

Beautiful.

Some days I feel so exhausted and take in a defeatist attitude… but that’s also stressful because I don’t accept defeat as a rule.
Also, it’s ridiculous that eggs cost seven dollars.

It feels so nice to be listened to cared for when you’re feeling moody and emo. 🖤 Sometimes you just need to be whiny and feel like someone is there for you as well as genuinely making the effort to lift you up.

Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed. I think that’s just the human condition…when you are a human who puts constant pressure on themselves.

In the end, don't we all want the same thing?
To be with someone who makes us feel safe & loved?
Someone whose shadowy form terrifies the townsfolk as they shamble through the twilight forest, spreading moss & ancient malice?

The contrast is mind numbing!!!

Looks like Mommy made him sit through church when he’d rather be playing video games.

Happy 19th birthday to my son Ray! Thanks for being the most amazing person. I’m proud of you ❤️

No why?