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self care

self care

If I get there before you do, (Coming for to carry me home) I’ll cut a hole and pull you through. (Coming for to carry me home) —lyrics, swing low sweet chariot It’s so sad that I don’t have a Youtube channel. But if I did have one, I’d make my bed before I...
About This Summer

About This Summer

“I haven’t done much; swam a bit, read a thing or two, loved nothing. It was not a time of poverty, though. I had to dig around and accustom myself to the sight of corpses. Worse than the lack of achievement was the fact that a lot was started. Oh well,...
Avoid Deep Areas

Avoid Deep Areas

The cheese stands alone. —From “Farmer in the Dell,” nursery rhyme Spelunking into the shame cave, are you? Don’t beat yourself to death with a headlamp. That? That’s a cut from a stalagmite. They’ll reach out and getcha. If you swim too low, too slow, too something...
needy and greedy

needy and greedy

“This game is so much fun, we do not care who wins.” —Stephen Huneck, from Sally Goes to the Farm am I traumatizing my children are other people happier than me do I generate too much garbage why am I so selfish why is everyone else so selfish if I took...
a shrieking in the trees

a shrieking in the trees

“One of my favorite movies, Groundhog Day, illustrates very well our position as human beings on this planet. The insight we gain from the infinite life perspective is that we have infinite time in which to get things done, just as Bill Murray’s character...
human puppy

human puppy

“Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.” —From Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Try walking around with a little puppy in your arms or on a leash, all fresh...