I didn't know that that was the context, sorry. Yes, but I'd argue that they're beyond weird.

True, but I'm happily both bipolar and weird. It makes for a most interesting combination.

How was the PALC conference? I saw that you were speaking about transcribing.

We have loveseat with an electric reclining mechanism. Every evening when we recline the chairs to watch TV, our kitties think that it's treat time. It's quite adorable the way the run to the love seat, really.

A bearded man with a hat, an opened button-down shirt, and shorts, lying on an outdoor lounge chair in the sun with a fruity drink in a fancy glass

Excellent! I'm on the back porch by the pool today. It's not the beach, but the weather is too beautiful to be inside.

All of that said, it still seemed to work even with my being in my head a lot of the time. I hope that you find it helpful. 2/2

I felt weird about the process, for sure. I did my EMDR therapy online, too, so I was that much more conscious of the process and self-conscious about how I was trying to interact with the process. 1/2

I guess if I were to turn this into advice, I'd suggest being open minded about the process, being patient through the process, realizing that you probably won't feel incrementally better after each session, and trusting that you'll improve over time. 3/3

By the end of the series of sessions, there was a marked difference in how I felt when I thought about his death. I guess I don't know whether it was just the time that passed or whether the EMDR really did actively helped. If I needed to, though, I'd do it again. 2/3

I'm not sure whether I can offer advice, but I can say that I was skeptical of it at first. I had maybe 10 weeks of sessions to help me reprocess some trauma around the death of my husband. After each session, I didn't necessarily feel any different. 1/3

I have, yes.

Episcopalians, a church nerd question: if your church omits the general confession in Sunday Eucharists during Eastertide, why do you do this? Or if you sit in a pew, how do you feel about Eastertide with no general confession?

Not looking to start a discourse. Genuinely curious. Post in charity! ⚓️

Just a chorister and parishioner here. I think that our parish omits general confession only on Easter Sunday and on the Sunday that the bishop visits (historically the second Sunday of Easter). When general confession is omitted, I feel like something is missing.

A close-up of a black cat with a lopsided white mustache and white whiskers

The white paw of an otherwise black cat, with black toe beans visible

#WhiskersWednesday! or is it #WhiskerWednesday? I never remember whether it’s plural or not. #CatsOfBlueSky

For the next 58 minutes I will be handing out free compliments.*

*If I don’t know you and your timeline is just what you hate, take a beat before asking for a compliment and point me to a place where I can see who you are.

Anyway, reply to this post and I’ll tell you what I like about you.

I'm excited for you! This Sunday, my fiancé is being confirmed too, and I'm reaffirming my faith.

I too am not hearing impaired, but I use captioning to better understand audio. It’s almost worse to have captions with errors than to have to captioning at all.

I sang that setting for the first time last summer. Beautiful.

Comic. [Teacher with shoulder-length light hair talking to two students seated at desks.] TEACHER: *Grammar* is one of the most popular ways to structure a language, ahead of rival methods such as *WORDS ORDER WORDS RANDOM WORDS WORDS RANDOM GOOD* and *EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*.

Grammar

xkcd.com/3229/

#aces

Good night, sir.

went to bed early tonight

I wish you well, Marshall. Happy Easter.

Not Scotch, but I’ll have a postvigil rye this evening. ⚓️

That’s great! Beautiful, white Gulf-coast beaches near me… and it’s a beautiful day for the beach, too.

Gulf or Atlantic beach?

Excellent! I like an all-white Easter arrangement too.

The choir loft at a church being decorated with colorful flowers for Easter Sunday

Easter flowers being installed… ⚓️

I LOVE CHURCH 🕯️

Hi there. My husband died three years ago tomorrow. Please pray for his repose and for my strength.