I've been working on something for a week, and now that it's finished... I hate it.

Who put those greens together?!
Oh. I did.

Well, it was a learning experience!
#CoSoArt

Decorating in a family mixed with agnostics, pagans, and Christians is...an experience.

I've worked out the details with the biggest Star Wars fan in the house, and we've decided I'll be making a Star Wars nativity scene for Christmas this year.

I know I've been feeling cranky lately, but this is a new level for me. I just walked through the house, saw no family members, and said to my cat when I got to my room, "I don't want to see people anyway. People are ugly and make noise."

Cat says I'm not wrong.

A string of things has kept me from playing my ukulele for a few months. Long enough for my fingertips to go soft again. And I'm in one of the worst arthritis flare-ups I've ever known.

But I played today. And it HURT. But the ukulele sang... And it was so worth it.

Now I just need to put new strings on my guitar and explain to my cat why we don't play with them her way.

Okay. Once I got to writing, talking about psychological masks was even more complicated than I expected. Trying to explain that not all autistic people are intense maskers, nonautistic people often mask more than they realize, and keeping the focus on what the mask charm indicates in a #divination reading...

I did the best I could without going too deep. Also tried to be clear about that "not going too deep".

https://diydiv.substack.com/p/the-masks-we-wear

I was reading last night about what the Carpathia's crew and travelers did to get to the Titanic and rescue people. I had never heard this before. This is the Titanic story I want somebody to make a movie about!

https://maritime-executive.com/article/carpathias-role-in-titanic-rescue

Looking at my schedule and photos, and it turns out the next post I'm writing for my divination Substack is about masking. Whoo! That's a big one!

And now my brain is saying, "But this could be a longer list!" 😄

#7FilmsToKnowMe

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Paint Your Wagon
3. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
4. Drop Dead Fred
5. Disneynature's Bears
6. Lilo & Stitch
7. Up

I had to explain tonight why whale penises do not account for all reports of sea serpents.

Not how I expected to use my bardic skills, but here we are.

Some days people really go hard with not actually listening, just hearing enough that they feel comfortable assuming they know what I'm saying.

I'm going to stop correcting things one day and just let them make their lives harder for a while.

I did it! 50,145 words! #NaNoWriMo

I'm so close! Just gotta keep writing! #NaNoWriMo