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Dreams Made Flesh
When I got home there was a box outside my door — it must be my Christmas gift from my best friend/sister!
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The Stroke of Midnight
At midnight, I was sitting on the couch upstairs, playing around on my computer. Mr. Katje’s folks were watching Downton Abbey, and Mr. Katje was pouring us glasses of Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Cider. We raised our glasses in a toast — “Happy new year! Fuck off, 2013!” — and drank. Then I got up and…
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Am Down and Out with Cold from Hell. Please send assistance.
I am suffering from the worst cold I’ve had in years. I don’t know where I got it, but I know where it came from: straight from the very bowels of Hell. So my posting schedule and quality may be a little sketchy right now. I am barely able to function at the moment. Just…
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The End of my Solstice Night
I did not post yesterday because I was caught up in solstice revels. However, I have not slept yet, so I am personally counting this post for Saturday the 21st. This is the end to my solstice night: a cat sleeping on my feet. And now, I sleep — for I am too ill to…
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Winter is coming. Wait. Dammit, it’s here.
Happy that the cold snap was over, I packed the bare minimum of warm clothes with me for this whole weekend. I needed space in my suitcase for books that I’ll be trying to sell on the Island. I figure I didn’t need to do the 4-layers thing anymore, because it was no longer as…
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Katje the Chicken Chaser
This morning’s awakening was heralded by a soft, undulating call in the pre-dawn air. I thought at first it was a young coyote, trying out her voice, skating it across the frost that blanketed outside — then several more joined it, and I realized it was my friend’s chickens. The cold that came in to…
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I’ll “Fat Talk” as Much as I Gorram Please
What I take issue with in this video is the labeling of self-hatred as “fat talk”.
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Christmas
For the past 3 years I’ve enjoyed Christmas, and I thought I was looking forward to this year’s, too.
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“Nothing’s wrong.”
I’m really saying “I’m not ready to talk about it.”
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Mandela on Words
Remember how powerful your words are.