A 3-point reality check in the armpit of winter
I’ve got a sweet, safe little spot all to myself now. I can’t talk about it much but the gratitude and relief is STUPENDOUS. It… Read More »A 3-point reality check in the armpit of winter
I’ve got a sweet, safe little spot all to myself now. I can’t talk about it much but the gratitude and relief is STUPENDOUS. It… Read More »A 3-point reality check in the armpit of winter
This morning, I woke up feeling like a butcher knife was lodged in my heart, the memory of barking and snarling voices ringing in my… Read More »Angel wings & tactical things
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I’ve removed two posts: “Departure & apology” is moot, completely overtaken by events. “Outrageous fortune” has the seeds of a good tutorial for navigating intensely… Read More »Floating again
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This, right after “Keep breathing”, is one of my go-to pieces of mind management. It’s about so much more than consequences. Let’s take an example.… Read More »There’s always an afterwards
I’m aware that I disappeared for awhile. Obsessively focusing on housing and breakup, everything else sorta disappeared. Here’s what that period looked like, framed around… Read More »What I did with my summer
The massive physiological destabilization triggered by J’s departure doesn’t change my own deadlines: I still have to get out by next week, stay somewhere in… Read More »Back to work
J just drove away from here for the last time. Friday, he filled up the kindling box and organized the firewood to his satisfaction. (Yes,… Read More »A fond farewell
In my blogs on getting safe housing, I’ve researched and discussed the following: What aspects of ordinary housing do me in What alternative building techniques… Read More »Cold Watershed