The first and most important step when using an oven is to preheat all the pans you store in there to 425.

If you didn't know, the full expression is ACTUALLY:

"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."

Aka, CHOOSING to have bonds and friendships matters more than sharing genetic material by happenstance.

It has always been meant to champion choice and love, not random DNA.

I keep doing that. I did it so much with threads I just deleted that one.

OMG I am so freaking there with you I just keep being overwhelmed and then not doing things...

I sent out a message to my subscribers, sorry, I was being overwhelmed by bots this time. I'm done with having a blog. I'm going to have a weekly email newsletter and that will be my thing.

Who's a #poet from #substack here, btw?

OMG and I figured out alt text! (it wasn't showing up as an option before???) (same way my phone won't show me messages in group texts all of a sudden?) (why does tech hate me?)

Just FYI, I'm doing whatever I feel like, so I say go with that

Omg vanilla OAT milk? How was it???

There'll be lots of posts from people sharing how much they achieved in 2024. But, in case someone needs to hear this... It's okay if the only thing you did year was breathe, try your best, put one foot in front of the other, and get yourself out of bed for another day.

#poem fragment

The fish wonder why
we’ve only explored
5% of the ocean

while the stars wait, patiently,
for us to cross that

incredible

emptiness

#writers #poetry

Thank you!!

That's a great way to look at it

Ooh, I like that idea! Thank you for it!

Um I got nominated for Pushcart Prize
#writers #writersky #writerlife #poetry

This is for every artist out there: you might never get past that imposter syndrome.

And you can’t let those doubts or fears stop you. You don’t have to be “fixed” or feel certain you're "good enough" to still go kick ass, to do what you're dreaming.

Be scared as hell. And do it anyway.

#writers

I told my university several years back that they let me get a literature degree and how could they possibly think I had money, let alone extra money, let alone extra money I wanted to give them. I still get letters, but I've never gotten a phone call again.

This makes me feel better about my choices

I'm a vanilla soy milk girl, followed by oat milk. Oat seems to taste the most like milk-milk, but vanilla soy makes coffee a bit like dessert

Oh my god. That is like, the definition of miserable. Have you pissed off a god lately?

#haiku #poetry #writersky

I let myself be
the Icarus to your sun
for the chance to fly.

To meet Apollo,
I risked it all and got too
close but still: I flew.

Oh god. I literally have asked my bff to bug me daily to do laundry because it got real bad over here... (this is a very helpful method, btw)

Then I sincerely hope you are able to have a restful night and feel at least a bit refreshed tomorrow

No worries you have been beyond helpful, thank you! I'm sorry today was a lot and I'm around if you need to talk.

Thank you, I wish the same for you!

Fucking tired, dude. People are exhausting, especially the very self-centered ones, have you noticed that? Also I don't have heat. Thank you for letting me share that. How are you today?

No worries and thank you! (I'm already blocking political bullshit so I can try to make a happy writing-focused space)

I'm so happy to see you too!!

Yay Harry!