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Supplies: How I can be a better booster rocket (and not a battery)
A mural on a building in Prospect Park neighborhood in Minneapolis Oooh, this is a good exercise. I often do far too much to help out and wind up drained. I like to think I am a damn good booster...
View ArticleTo be personal or not to be personal?
Back around 2000 personal blogs were de riguer. They disappeared because of Facebook, because they aren’t profitable, because sometimes they revealed too much. While it wasn’t conscious or deliberate I...
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Introducing Fireside chats
..or bedside manner might be more appropriate. It is a bit weird to use an FDR reference in general, though I doubt he’d have been offended by a Wiccan – or, more likely at that time, a theosophist –...
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A minor intrusion on the Artist’s Way Work
The book I’ve so often written about writing is finally available for pre-order in the US and in the UK. Alas, the ebook has yet to be made available. If you are a book reviewer, all I have available...
View ArticleSeriously, you don’t like that my opinion is different from yours?
Everything has taken on the illusion of high stakes lately. It really was high stakes when the Patriot Act got passed – 2001-2005 was a motherfucking mess, a youth and 90s-optimism destroying disaster...
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Shutting down blog comments for good
After a blog career that goes back to 1999, it has come time for me to shut down comments on my blog altogether. Even in the early days the comments feature was often abused: strangers or ex friends...
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Obligatory post for those who don’t rely on RSS feeds
The sexual abuse education for Pagans series will continue tomorrow. The reason for the pause and the frequent breaks is an example of a self-care best practice: last weekend had traumatic...
View ArticleJumping to the Conclusion
So, without diving too deep into it, Mike and I are moving to California. I can’t say I’m 100% thrilled. I’m not even 50% thrilled. While I did enjoy lunch with one awesome person out there, for the...
View ArticleCalming Down
This helped: For me, some of my super-loving very well meaning friends that really want to see me living in San Francisco (some from a lack of being informed/absence of curiosity about how much...
View ArticleThe missing updates of this week
There’s some advice I’ve been given: never make a decision when you are tired, sick, or sad. So contracting a nasty cold in the middle of a major relocation is probably the worst possible time to look...
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