• hindsight: July

    hindsight: July

    I’m back, beloved blog, with at least one update monthly. If you’re interested, you may have it delivered via email (which also enters you into a monthly giveaway!) or trusty ol’ RSS. Art This page of Art Confetti was my favorite thing i drew this month. #TagYourself, i’m the little black frog perched on the…

  • direct connections

    direct connections

    I don’t need a middleman (middle-entity?) making money off the fact i want to trade photos of our cats. As enshittification across major platforms intensifies, and as some of the cowardly wet farts running those platforms support a fascist wannabe dictator who looks like a deformed carrot in a cheap blond wig, i am definitely…

  • the cave without wolves

    the cave without wolves

    Briar left us last September, just a few days before her birthday. We caught her late-stage lymphoma just in time to spoil her and make arrangements for her peaceful, dignified death. I know there is no way to grieve wrong, but i also can’t help but feel like i am doing it right. I’m used…

  • magnifying glass

    magnifying glass

    “The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.” — Emily Dickinson (Content warning: spider photo ahead) Exactly one year ago, i was camping with my parents & my partner at Bay View State Park on Padilla Bay. I had no idea i soon would be moving away from the sea or…

  • treasure hunts & manufacturing time dilation

    treasure hunts & manufacturing time dilation

    “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” – Bill Watterson A few days ago, the dogs and i found a dead skunk. It has been dead awhile; it’s just bones, fur, and the ghost of its greatest weapon. It’s difficult to imagine anything would have been desperate enough to eat…

  • social media ice age

    social media ice age

      What’s up? I made the decision to severely cut my social media involvement in February 2020. I knew what i wanted to do, but not how. It’s November and i finally have it all together. I made this post to explain that: I will no longer receive notifications or check messages/likes/whatever on any social…