the mental mulch pile
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You can also take a look at just the top of the pile here…
But seriously…
This life, this universe, this plane of existence… and my particular path through it… please allow me a moment to overthink…
The light that is you…
I want so badly to fix the world…
the silver lining is gratitude
This was written in response to a social media post regarding an anti-trans protest and counter protest that is scheduled to happen tomorrow, which reads in part “This event has a high potential for violence, especially towards visibly queer and racialized individuals… If you are visibly queer and/or racialized, we recommend that you AVOID this area on that day”…
Unity, Uniformity, and University
Friendly reminder to the Universe that a University is not at its core meant to be corporation but a community...
Being the microbiome
Staring up at the chaos exposed by the renovations in one of the building I occasionally occupy, the thought occurred to me that buildings are very much like bodies… complex systems and machinery barely hidden behind a thin skin…
Wait, where was I going with this?
It’s such a fine balance to try to find and hold, between who you are and who you need to be in this world…
Musing
What needs to be done versus what you’d like to do…
The world is joyously complex
So if there’s one overarching lesson that I’m learning as I study to become a librarian, it’s that the world is complex, but, to me at least, joyously so…
Except when I don’t
I’ve been reminded a lot recently about the difference between looking for someone or something to blame, and looking for lessons to learn…
And that's why life is hard
Currently noodling around with the idea that part of "staying young" and not "getting old" involves, in part, actually growing up and becoming an actual fully-functioning adult human…
On nuance
I have been pondering the idea that so many of our current challenges involve people's struggle with the actual complexity of life…
How 20-Year Marriages End
I am, admittedly, a contradictory mix of unabashedly open and inscrutably private…
Is it me or is it the world?
I realize it can be a very fine line between what's happening and your perception of what's happening…
In a word
A lot of introspection happening for me lately, but it seems to me that so much of our cultural struggle right now comes down to identity and self-worth…