Two Venus Day postworkout mirror selfies about 40 minutes apart. First is sweaty post intense heavy lifts and HIIT workout; and the second is cooled down and dried after a finishing dumbbell shoulders and back workout. Same space but different color and adjustment settings too.

A little evening sketch of Storm from X-Men #243 Havoc’s outfit is even more distressed, and I’m not mad about it. They both get real mad. They were my favorites in this era.

The thumb drive worked! Flashed it to a USB A (3.2) + C duo head drive so I could use it in my USB-C-only laptop and then load the new OS in the USB A 3.2 drive of my computer board. But the keyboard with mouse doesn’t work yet, and I don’t have another mini USB for the touchscreen. Progress.

Happy New Moon in Cancer! This year we have the New Moon in Cancer (21º Cancer 59') happening July 14 at 5:43 US EDT. Here’s my spread for it: “Making space for what the soul needs” Questions in image alt text. It and others on the blog: www.hermitsmirror.com/musings

Replaying this Portlandia moment in my mind everyday until it drops back below 105°

Made progress on the puzzle (and the bookshelf/office nook, but no photo there) And yes, I’m doing the puzzle upside-down because I was too lazy to move things around on the dining room table

I needed a break from unpacking and building furniture. I need to figure out lighting for my nook

So the idea I had for a brat + tamer/enabler is slow to write. It’s a visual/responsive back-and-forth that may detract from the sexiness of it as much as build tension. I got through about 1200 words. We’ll see if I continue it to its climax and resolution on another day. #kinktober2026

My favorite moment in the once-closed environment of Biosphere 2 was looking up and seeing the light through trees. What a project! It felt so magical and like good science fiction as opposed to most of the rest of the current world’s bad science fiction.

Goodbye latest discovered eye tree by my old apartment. Don’t cry. We’ll connect again via roots or something.

I would normally feel bad about destroying books and throwing them out, especially first printing hardcovers, but Jake Hay Rowling is not bringing nasty TERF energy into my new space, and I don’t want anyone else coming to love a series only to hate its creator.

Kickball championship winning legs (okay, we were C division, but we still earned it) I’m in the Exorcist puke colored hat

Happy New Moon! Tarot/Oracle Spread for the New Moon in Taurus Finding the healing power of pleasure This year we have the New Moon in Taurus (25º Taurus 57') happening May 16, 2026 (4:01PM EDT). www.hermitsmirror.com/musings/taro...

It was an abs workout day, so happy abs-y thirst trap Monday Motivation whatever you need it to be

Finally won a game! Ended regular season 1-5, but hey, we got a 1 at least! Excited for playoffs 😂 and even more so for next season!

44 doesn’t look so bad some days. That HYROX workout involving 2200m of running outdoors at midday nearly killed me though. (Post workout shirtless mirror selfie, natch)

Very excited for this birthday gift I bought myself.

Stop giving your biometric data to a company just to use their stupid app. Just saw this via @wired.com

Scenes from the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior yesterday It’s not all thirst traps up in here. Flower magic for the green witches and lovers of natural beauty.

Something you should know about me is that I love to compete. In queer kickball today, I totally ate shit getting on first base and then falling over. Good news is that I got to second base twice and am now understood to be someone who can kick the shit out of the ball, which can be handy. Booboos

I don’t know what to tell you. I’m a Leo rising. If the lighting is good, I’ll find it. We are children of the daytime luminary after all. #thirstythursday #postworkout Shirley’ shirtless mirror selfie in the usual location

I asked the tarot cards about “it” just to be an ass. To be fair, it could just mean napping. Maybe a coma?

Venus Day chest pump. After workout 1 (cardio + legs + clean + press) After workout 2 (chest-focus Tabata that almost had my left pec bursting) #gay #venusday

Today the HR got up to 191. Classic himbo pose because I earned it.

After the last two years, I feel like I could read any breaking headline today and be unsure whether it was an April Fool’s joke or not. I’ll be keeping myself to myself today.

More on the daddy side today after that brutal combo. Assault bike and Clean + jerk (135-185-205) cycles Followed by sumo deadlift high pull + pull-ups + sit-ups My poor abs are blown up

Had a blast and even caught a line drive/kick on second base in the last inning. Balls to the face? No problem 💅🏻

This was quite a workout. Almost hit a PR on back squats, but felt too good on 345# and jumped too high (365#) and failed. Hit a new HR max on that HIIT. 185 is high for a 40-something.

🎵 I always feel like somebody’s watching me 🎶 I started doing a reading for someone and switched decks because of the giant eye that greeted me in their Records. (I’m glad I did.) But now I see it again an hour later!

On Thursday and Friday (the day before and the day of the spring equinox), we’re expected to hit the August average high here in Phoenix, so that’s fun.