Totally. Your comment reminded me of that old quote by Patricia Mische: “The values that have been labeled “feminine” - love, compassion, cooperation, patience - are very badly needed in giving birth to and nurturing a new era of greater peace and justice in human society. It would be unfortunate if they were forsaken…

Final hummingbaby update: I took this pic in the morning and when I got home that night they were gone. I’m child-free, so this is the first time I’ve felt the bittersweet pang of an empty nest. But I once read that in some Native American traditions the hummingbird is said to come as a reminder of the joy in life.…

For me it was my femininity. I sprouted young and very fully and learned early that my body was a liability, first as a target of unwanted physical attention and later as a source of stereotyping that hindered my goals of gender equality. So I hid my body and became what people usually call a tomboy. I let my light…

Milkshakes with that caffeine punch!

Here is where you can contact Texas Governor Gregg Abbott to ask for her pardon. https://gov.texas.gov/contact

Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life. Post-apocalypse, while you’re all out working at digging latrines and foraging for food and chopping wood, I and my traveling troupe of performers will still be doing our thing because you will all be desperate for any small bit of distraction once TV,…

Bah. It just means they put another sign on the door. They are everywhere here, because everything contains a chemical known to cause cancer.

Right? The cherry mocha that just disappeared is one of these. I mean, cherries and chocolate? C’mon! And now they try to sell me on their regular raspberry bullshit instead, like red fruits and berries are all the same. Put cherry syrup in the regular lineup and they’ll have my business every day until I die.

You forgot: when the school year ends and all the tourists show up.

Because R. Kelly’s victims don’t matter in America.

Smoke weed. (Although I’ll admit that’s my answer to everything.)

That hair is a hamfisted attempt to cover his receding hairline. I predict that his next starring role will be in The Year of Hats while his new plugs heal up.

Thanks! The unforeseen horror of baby hummingbirds is that they stick their butts over the edge to shoot their poop away from the nest. Our entire front entryway is covered in tiny poop. We’ll have to hose and scrub the walls when they leave.

A few weeks ago I posted about the hummingbird that built a nest on the wind chime on our porch. She had flown into our house, but we managed to get her out again, and we were excited to see that she had two eggs in the nest. Here are the Hummingbabies now. Soon we’ll have to say goodbye!

I’m a big believer in indoor air quality and household toxins having a negative impact on our immune systems. Not like chemical sensitivity, but the fewer environmental toxins the body has to deal with, the better it’ll be able to fight off infections and such. Especially things that can irritate the respiratory tract…

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Lots of ladies have been through it. Focus on you and what you want for your future. If you’re not getting it from him, go get it from someone else, or from yourself! You deserve it. You are worthy of love and everything you desire. Are you safe? Can you hang on until you get a job?

Congrats! Cheese is near impossible to resist completely. I’m trying to improve my diet, too. This week we emptied and ate everything from the freezer, and even made vegetable broth from the frozen scraps bag. We bought supplies to cook and freeze a bunch of meals to avoid getting takeout on late nights. Right now…

This is fantastic. Good for you!

You’re a good man, and thorough. If only parents of boys would have “how to deal with your hurt feelings without killing other people” drills.