@PirateWench Thanks! I'm doing better this time with turning off the inner editor and just letting words spill out. It's crap. But it's 15k words of crap!

@PapawJ I chose soda because that's what I say now. But I'm originally from Texas. It's all "Coke". "You want a Coke? We got Sprite or Dr. Pepper."

Just crossed 15k on my #NaNoWriMo word count!

#CoSoPolitics Please remember not everyone CAN vote. And, historically, people who can't fight really hard rather than just accept it. It's important that everyone who can vote do so. Just don't forget there is still more privilege than there should be in that.

@HellBent4Leather Finding them probably isn't hard if you live in a place where it's a common name. But why was she looking? Did she move there for more Henrys? Or did she keep moving to different places? Why did the first 7 die? What happened to the 8th?

@Darla Sometimes building the practice is more important than the word count. Keep going!

@OneLillieSpark I hope tomorrow is better. And if it's not, then I hope you feel the love and don't lose hope.

@emotionallemon8 Hi, Holly! I'm Fizzy. My cats think people who immediately love them must be worthy of some return love, so they love you. I've been here for a few days now and this really is a good place! My PTSD and stress seizures need me to be in a place where I feel mentally and emotionally safe, and CoSo has been wonderful so far!

@PaganMother Thank you! Drawing swirling lines is very soothing for me.

#CoSoArt - The first page of a new sketchbook is always intimidating for me, but I did get some art time in! Working on some intuitive art methods to just let things pour out of me without worrying about how it will be when finished.

@Maude *mock surprise* But I thought he was a free speech absolutist and the people should decide if they want to listen or not!

#CoSoArt - Haven't been getting my art time in lately. Nothing reminds me how important it is for my #SelfCare like going for a week without making that space for myself.

To give myself a little push, I'm letting y'all know I'm going to show you later however what I'm about to draw comes out.

@RobPalmerIRL I was in middle school. One of my friends absolutely refused to give up. He was going to play this song! That might be how he ended up being the best guitarist in our high school a few years later.

@RobPalmerIRL This brings back memories! When this one came out, everybody I knew who played guitar was working on learning it.

I'm in a lot of pain today because of long-term physical issues. I'm as fine as I can be. I promise to rest.

But so...

Me: I would like to ask everyone present except Nephew to pray for me. I don't want the pain getting worse.

Nephew: Wait! Why don't you want...? You know what? Nevermind. I probably know why.

@Chuck4Democracy Here, I feel like I can post and interact more "naturally". I don't have to avoid attracting bullies and trolls. I don't have to figure out how to beat an algorithm at it's own game. I just...do what I do.