Does anybody else have a “car book”? Just a book… that stays in your car… There when you’re waiting for a few minutes and need something to read. Right now mine is a collection of short stories by Bukowski.

Finished reading: No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D. 📚
Got the overview of internal family systems I was looking for in the first half, skimmed the second half.

Checking this site periodically for little dopamine hits: donald trump’s debt: live tracker

Of the Empire (Mary Oliver)

We will be known as a culture that feared death
and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity
for the few and cared little for the penury of the
many. We will be known as a culture that taught
and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke
little if at all about the quality of life for
people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All
the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a
commodity. And they will say that this structure
was held together politically, which it was, and
they will say that our politics was no more
than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of
the heart, and that the heart, in those days
was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon

Missouri law says pregnant women can’t get divorced:

As it stands, Missouri judges cannot legally finalize a divorce if a woman is pregnant. Three other states have similar laws: Texas, Arizona and Arkansas. While a couple can still file for divorce in Missouri, the court must wait until after a woman gives birth in order to finalize child custody and child support.
When it comes to domestic violence, there are no exceptions.

Hazel is both fascinated and terrified by everything outside.

A woman sits on a balcony holding a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes A closer view of a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes looking up from a woman's lap, with sky behind them A very close view of a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes looking up from a woman's lap, with sky behind them

Sick kids last week brought home a virus.
I have it now.
Cons: sickness, feel gross, achy, can’t focus, exhausted
Pros: guess I’ll have to binge watch Prime Suspect all day

Balcony weather ☀️💛

View of a glass of wine on a book and feet propped up on a balcony table

The only solid partitions left were inside the head.

Currently reading: The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

Ended up with an unexpected free night last night. The nearest interesting thing turned out to be a small underground techno show. Danced for three hours till my knees gave out. So much fun.

Caturday naps

Two cats napping on a bed, one small gray tabby and one big black cat.

is there anything on earth better than a pan of tiny baby potatoes tossed in olive oil and herbs and sea salt and maybe a little parmesan and lemon juice and roasted no there is not thank you for coming to my ted talk

i made my teens this diagram of dating options. wonder if they’ll pay any attention to it. (we like different, but it’s not all good dating material)

Today my kiddo went to the gym with me — he’s 14, a wrestler, used to doing pretty intense workouts. He pushes me to try a little more, go a little harder, which I love! …until a few hours later and I can’t lift my arms over my head.

The simplified pricing multiple blog allowance solved a problem I’ve had for a while: what to do with all the facebook memories I want to keep. The only reason I still have fb. Now: dedicated microblog. Ideal solution.

Finished reading: Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason 📚

And amen. (Mary Oliver, “It Was Early”)

Photo of text from a poem: Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed

I was tinkering with my CSS last night when the micro.blog server went out and LET ME TELL YOU about the small heart attack I had when I thought for a few seconds that I’d somehow irretrievably broken my entire mb site/account/access….