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“A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Self seeded sunflowers (from the bird feeder) and our first baby birdhouse gourd!
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Our chaos garden has turned feral.
After being gone for a week and sick for another here’s a look at how it’s going. And it’s going to stay this overgrown for a while.
One of my chronic illnesses causes heat intolerance so it is what it is at this point. (I can do a bit in evenings, but can’t keep pace with the grass.)
The perennials that hold space against the grass are key. I keep adding more of them, but we can only afford to do so much at once. 🤷
I show this to not idealize the chaos gardening approach. It works better in some seasons than others. Between the heat and the rain the witch grass is currently winning. My main point is that you don’t have to be a perfect gardener to enjoy gardening.
The self seeded sunflowers are a bright light. They’ve attracted goldfinch which we don’t often see.
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“In the possession of books unread, there is not shame but virtue: the pursuit of a supercool project: the production of a perfect-for-you library; an intellectual armory.”
“I do believe a great library is both a practical asset and a personal achievement. It’s a way of saying, this is who I am; this is what I value. Saying it to yourself, most of all.”
“It is paradoxically the limitations of the physical book — the fact that it can only be in one place at a time; that fact that it bears marks of its use; the fact that when a friend presses a book into your hands, they are actually giving something up—that make it so productive as a cultural object.”
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“I’ve come to understand that not everything I write needs to go somewhere. But the act of writing itself—of witnessing—does something to me. It organizes what I didn’t know I was trying to understand. It shows me what I’m circling, what I’m avoiding, what I already know.
Writing, self-publishing, and small acts of attention help me keep my heart from hardening. They’re not solutions—but they’re part of how I stay human.”
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Pin Collection
Links to the pins in my collection. I’m not an affiliate. I just like to support artists.
- The Future is Inclusive (Etsy)
- They/Them (Threadless, 30% of Proceeds to NQTTCN)
- Bread Not Bombs (Vintage)
- Free Palestine (Threadless, 90% of Proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestine)
- Watermelon (Etsy)
These designs are my own. You can find them (including variations) in my shop.
- Neurodivergent Spacetime (Threadless, 10% of proceeds to ACLU)
- Autism is Spectrum (Threadless, 10% of proceeds to ACLU)
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Restocking the zine shop!
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“Greetings from sultry, humid Indianapolis, where our garden is having its worst year ever. We replaced a bunch of soil this year, and the new dirt turned out to be inadequately acidic, so what plants have survived are struggling. In this respect, many of you may find my garden relatable—who among us has not felt that we were planted in slightly poisoned soil? But nonetheless, some of the fava beans and tomatoes are finding their way as my mom and I desperately try to fix the soil, make sure the plants get adequate water, and so on.
This is critical work we do for our vegetables, but it is also critical work we do for each other and the world. On tiny or large scales, we try to provide each other with adequate nutrition and water, and to improve the circumstances in which we grow. Of course, we may end up with a garden of withered plants despite our best efforts this year, but it’s still worth trying.
Hope is always justified, even if it isn’t always rewarded.”
John Green
Emphasis mine.