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  • halloWEEK antics

    halloWEEK antics

    Chapter One: Scary Stories My local bookstore puts out a seasonally-specific selection of books every month or so, and they had some fantastic ones for October. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express // The Demon of Brownsville Road, a true Pittsburgh haunting story // We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by the amazing Read more

  • Executive Function for Two: Dating Anxious

    Forewarning: this post isn’t just about romantic relationships, but “Dating Anxious” sounded a lot punchier than “Having Different Kinds of Relationships with Others While You’re Anxious.” So, here we are. Again, the plug was left in the wall, untethered to a phone or laptop at the other end. Again, I was tripping over shoes left Read more

  • spooky szn brain dump (and plant updates)

    I had a dream last night about growing lemon balm; I complained that my seeds never sprouted, and the other person in my dream (I don’t remember who it was) told me to put the seeds in dirt in an airtight glass jar and place the jar sitting in water. Not sure I’d take that Read more

  • my poetry manuscript

    my poetry manuscript

    A few years ago I self-published a book of some of my poetry (which you can find a link to on my Projects page). I want to make the full manuscript available here for people to read, because why not? If you want to [monetarily] support me and help me donate money to Malala Fund, Read more

  • baby basils grow up fast

    baby basils grow up fast

    Today I embark on a change I’ve been nervous about: planting my baby basils. And I mean planting them, like in soil. (I’d love to plant the parent basils too, but for the time being I don’t have pots deep enough. We’ll get there.) Man, if I feel this way about putting plant roots in Read more

  • system maintenance

    system maintenance

    To the tune of the Jo Bros’ Burnin’ Up: I’m burnin’ out, burnin’ out, ’cause of COVID… But seriously. My own burnout has convinced me that it’s time to regroup, time to maintain my external and internal environments. Also a convincing factor was the discovery that some of my plants are in need of a Read more