i canceled my Canva Pro account six months ago cause they had AI and so this is the very 🏳️‍⚧️ graphic i made with free assets to talk about how all told, The Death of Mountains did a very good job.

i think about this Renée Magritte painting every day:

this little spider wanted to be my friend this morning. jumped on: my palm, my finger, my forearm, my elbow. all from my leg.

so, i got hit by an e-scooter when i was walking, and now i'm on lifting restrictions. Stella is VERY sad because i can't lift her on the bed:

from Twitter but. tracks

this ageist talk is for people who want us to give up. we don't give up. i started transitioning in my 40s and still look hot.

the world is terrible but also this was made here:

i have something to say about the ding-dang heat

evergreen

look at how cool this thing is from the Indie Book Awards!!! i got a medal!!

rain, rain, baby

sometimes a review is just a line from my book i forgot i wrote and i end up laughing out loud. but i wrote the line because it's true.

i hate this:

me, minding my own business. my cat:

did you know that when you have room or space of your own? you can decorate it however you want? and people will judge you and they are WRONG anyway i got more dead bugs

everything in my personal life has decided it wants to fall apart but at least i look cool:

got really into the song "Miss You" in the last six months only to find out that Oliver Tree died in a helicopter crash recently. his will stipulated that his money will go to an artist charity he set up:

my @3lobedmag.com kickstarter reward arrived!!! it's this neato t-shirt!!! i also got cool postcards and bookmarks and stickers (i love stickers).

my cat is being majestic:

this one, and i learned after this trip to take a photo of the title/artist card as i did /not/ do this. forgot what the sculpture is called and who did it:

got a lovely review in Locus of my @apexmag.bsky.social story "Unsettled Nature."

in dystopia, we still say trans rights:

this past weekend? i met my double. they are terrific, but i never saw them again. likely back in their alternate dimension.

talking to a friend about whether i was religious as a kid. and i mentioned that i was rushed into Lutheran Confirmation becauase i asked too many "funny questions." here are the funny questions:

this group photo of the in-person finalists at the Nebulas is terrific. i knelt down in front of folks so as not to block faces:

at the banquet tables at the Nebulas, they had these little woodcuts. i searched every table for mine. got it.

someone said i should show this off more: my backpack

trying to stay on top of current events, but currently i am eventing: