After failing to see a total eclipse that swept right over my area, and missing out on the most spectacular auroral display of the decade, I’ve come to the realization that I am a minor cloud/rain deity.
My services are available, and for the good of all. All I ask is travel and accommodation.
I'm visiting my mom and her toilet in the basement was leaking. I just spent the last couple of hours fixing it. Then, as I assessed my work, I thought of how proud my dad would have been of me for fixing that for my mom. I was happy for a brief moment & then INCREDIBLY sad. I haven't cried that hard since right after my dad died in 2020. Grief is weird! 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #grief#sadness
Priya Parker is always worth reading: here, on
Gathering in tender times:
"The question I’m hearing in the hearts and minds of my friends and community is: How do we move through and convene during this end-of-year season when things feel heavy?
I've been ill the past few weeks & stressed as a result, & it's properly screwed with my ability to daydream & write to the extent that yesterday I had been fully convinced I had lost writing as an interest (the hyperfixations giveth & the hyperfixations taketh away 😭). It really made me sad, especially as I was nearing the end of a long-fic before I became ill & I really want to finish it.
Today I realised I had started randomly composing a nice little scene in my head. Not for the next chapter but for a few chapters down the line. Never been so happy for a random daydream to suddenly appear. 😍
So many emotions! My #father held my hand as we walked down the aisle side by side. He wanted to go with me. The nurse gave me the door code and I was able to leave so that my father didn't have time to come with me. I waved at him at the door! The tears came when my #mother asked how everything went. #alzheimerssucks#sadness 🥺🫶♥️
I am so sad to tell you all that the walrus calf has passed away. There were a multitude of issues including hypoglycemia, nutritional malabsorption and gastrointestinal problems. The SeaLife Center worked around the clock to try and save this precious baby. 😭 #Alaska#DeathOfABabyWalrus#Sadness