Every time he heard a bell, Pavlov thought about feeding his dog.

Christmas eve, I'm alone, packing. How long have I had this? Why did I keep this? When would I even use this?

Opening all the drawers and cupboards. An embarrassment of riches, as I prepare yet another transition. The apartment becoming a chaos of clutter and sentimential paraphanalia ( Read more... )

I think it was a good day? I love finding myself right time right me right place.

Dancing

Warm socks

Spicy chips

Going out for a roam

Mike's bread

Little games

The smell of the ocean

Taking time to journal again

Perfectly executed cookie recipe

Geez AJ could you lighten up

Smoking too much, drinking, host of others - some part of me trying to help. from another time, with limited info and good intentions, stall my health in the present..

not romantic or quirky. Terrible coping mechanisms, guess I'll just embed even more of my identity and self worth into my job. Up late building websites, ( Read more... )

Heat baked stages.  Languid players. Everybody seems a bit slow.

I was already slow.

Relationships move at the speed of trust. Revolutions happen at the speed of relationships.

Culture, work, the news, capitalism, collapse, love, awe, memes, music, language.  All of it in flux, person to person. Unseeable, mysterious, an elephant under ( Read more... )

Is everybody else also this caught up in themselves?

I keep hearing different things about the work I'm doing.

Maybe I need to ask better questions.

Whose feedback needs to be prioritized?

What does it take, for a group of people already impacted by cascading emergencies, to survive?

Where are we going? When will we rest, when will we push?

How do you ( Read more... )

I'm chock full of it

The world is full of folks who will knock you down - dont help them

Avoid learning the same lesson repeatedly

If you smell shit everywhere you go maybe check your shoes

Keep your word

Vulnerability does not require disclosure

Roots spread underground. Growth can happen even when you dont see it

Be honest with yourself

Decrease shame, ( Read more... )

East van trees cover cats and cigs and late night conversations.

Scorpio sun cancer moon

Im not ashamed to say I love reading people's natal charts. I love reading people i love.

Tarot, poetry, blossoms, rain and summer. The city breathes with the sound of trains and distant conversations.

It turns out that if you go to beautiful places you become what ( Read more... )

Think of someone you admire. Picture their face, their posture. A gesture. Do they move their hands when they talk? Do they smile? How does you feel, when they smile in your presence? The pitch, clarity, tone, their singing voice. In my mind he is smiling, holding his hands up laughing. What a skilled kind talented man. Peacefulness!!! Knows what ( Read more... )

Dont drive through the rockies at night. It sounds so obvious in retrospect.

Im fine, just flaky and impossible to plan around. I left too late, my sister says likely because I'm overextended. She's right and I regret nothing. Left Van early evening trying to make Jasper by 1am. Pulled over instead much closer, roadside Hotel Monte Carlo. Cute ( Read more... )