The quote from Imp of the Perverse (E.A. Poe) that I use as a tagline on this site: There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus Continue reading The Trouble with Perverted Imp
Life, politics, love, kink, sex, the world. It’s all very messy. Right now, I’m mostly just trying to survive. To reach up out of existing to do a little bit of living. But it’s hard. Everything is pressing back down. Continue reading Everything is Messy
It’s not my voice that needs to be heard today, systematic racism must end: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#
I can’t believe my country. I can’t believe the White House. I can’t believe this mess. But it’s real, it’s always been real. Life was never perfect, politics is always messy, racism never died, and discrimination was never defeated. But Continue reading Lately, I Just Can’t… But I Must
You know you’ve been away from your blog too long when you’ve missed five version updates of the CMS. It’s June already, and I’ve only made 4 posts this year. I am going to stop giving all the excuses of Continue reading Wondering Woman
The intention of all these posts was supposed to be getting the things out of my brain that had been floating around. That worked mostly okay… until the election… and then other politics happened. I feel bad about that, I Continue reading Not So Kinky
I have Captain Mal’s speech in my head this evening. Only, it isn’t really about misbehaving – it’s about fighting for what is right. In this country, in these times, in our communities – we have a wide variety of Continue reading We Aim to Misbehave
I really wanted to write something nonpolitical today. But that seems to be filling up all of our reality right now. The country is full of protests, and violence, and vandalism. People are wearing safety pins, people are arguing about Continue reading Breathing
My Mom’s in town this weekend, going to sleep on my couch as I type this, so it’ll be short. We were at lunch, talking about the meeting she’s been attended week. The Rural Advocates of the United Methodist Church Continue reading Hate is the Mindkiller
I still need to listen to the book again, but I want to talk about fear today. Fear is a useful feeling, it is a survival mechanism. It tells us when there is danger. It tells us to lift our Continue reading The Gift of Fear is Action