Jeff
@nocureforchronic.bsky.social
To The Bone: Conversations on Pain, Illness, and Meaning (Spotify/Apple)
close the loop
let it fade
dusk was my favorite
as I become night
let it fade
dusk was my favorite
as I become night
January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
close the loop
let it fade
dusk was my favorite
as I become night
let it fade
dusk was my favorite
as I become night
Crows squawking
Heartfelt cries of solidarity
Life on a branch
While I sit inside
Nature is teaching
While I learn nothing
#heartfelt #vss365
Heartfelt cries of solidarity
Life on a branch
While I sit inside
Nature is teaching
While I learn nothing
#heartfelt #vss365
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Crows squawking
Heartfelt cries of solidarity
Life on a branch
While I sit inside
Nature is teaching
While I learn nothing
#heartfelt #vss365
Heartfelt cries of solidarity
Life on a branch
While I sit inside
Nature is teaching
While I learn nothing
#heartfelt #vss365
I can be the tightrope you walk on
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
I can be the tightrope you walk on
Frayed strands of decency
Swim in the neuronal soup
Lifeguards were never on duty
And that may have been the point
Swim in the neuronal soup
Lifeguards were never on duty
And that may have been the point
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Frayed strands of decency
Swim in the neuronal soup
Lifeguards were never on duty
And that may have been the point
Swim in the neuronal soup
Lifeguards were never on duty
And that may have been the point
Some pain doesn’t come with a lesson.
This week on the To The Bone podcast, I explore Kate Bowler’s challenge to toxic optimism and what it means to live honestly with illness, uncertainty, and a fragile body.
This week on the To The Bone podcast, I explore Kate Bowler’s challenge to toxic optimism and what it means to live honestly with illness, uncertainty, and a fragile body.
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Some pain doesn’t come with a lesson.
This week on the To The Bone podcast, I explore Kate Bowler’s challenge to toxic optimism and what it means to live honestly with illness, uncertainty, and a fragile body.
This week on the To The Bone podcast, I explore Kate Bowler’s challenge to toxic optimism and what it means to live honestly with illness, uncertainty, and a fragile body.
We forget the wrong memories
January 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We forget the wrong memories
I pay rent in chaos
Grace of a panda
With a barbed wire mouth
My self talk keeps me locked in
As I shred what’s left to be found
Grace of a panda
With a barbed wire mouth
My self talk keeps me locked in
As I shred what’s left to be found
January 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I pay rent in chaos
Grace of a panda
With a barbed wire mouth
My self talk keeps me locked in
As I shred what’s left to be found
Grace of a panda
With a barbed wire mouth
My self talk keeps me locked in
As I shred what’s left to be found
"love is not a victory march" Leonard Cohen
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"love is not a victory march" Leonard Cohen
Things break to give me time
To slow down
Ask for help
And slow it down even further
Everything is going to break
These are my speed bumps
To slow down
Ask for help
And slow it down even further
Everything is going to break
These are my speed bumps
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Things break to give me time
To slow down
Ask for help
And slow it down even further
Everything is going to break
These are my speed bumps
To slow down
Ask for help
And slow it down even further
Everything is going to break
These are my speed bumps
Existential concussion
Silence ringing in my ears
Forgetting the wrong memories
While freedoms slowly wither
A frozen cocoon of uncertainty
Waiting to be unthawed
Light the match anyways
Burning it down for warmth
Silence ringing in my ears
Forgetting the wrong memories
While freedoms slowly wither
A frozen cocoon of uncertainty
Waiting to be unthawed
Light the match anyways
Burning it down for warmth
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Existential concussion
Silence ringing in my ears
Forgetting the wrong memories
While freedoms slowly wither
A frozen cocoon of uncertainty
Waiting to be unthawed
Light the match anyways
Burning it down for warmth
Silence ringing in my ears
Forgetting the wrong memories
While freedoms slowly wither
A frozen cocoon of uncertainty
Waiting to be unthawed
Light the match anyways
Burning it down for warmth
This is a teapot whistle
Not words published
No grants given
Balderdash scribblings
For those scrolling by
This is not the manuscript
No agent here
These are bent words
Shaped as key
As I get out of my mind
#balderdash #vss365
Not words published
No grants given
Balderdash scribblings
For those scrolling by
This is not the manuscript
No agent here
These are bent words
Shaped as key
As I get out of my mind
#balderdash #vss365
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This is a teapot whistle
Not words published
No grants given
Balderdash scribblings
For those scrolling by
This is not the manuscript
No agent here
These are bent words
Shaped as key
As I get out of my mind
#balderdash #vss365
Not words published
No grants given
Balderdash scribblings
For those scrolling by
This is not the manuscript
No agent here
These are bent words
Shaped as key
As I get out of my mind
#balderdash #vss365
When the damn of distractions breaks
Allow yourself to feel it
Cry, draw, paint, or share in your way
No justifications needed
Just allow and notice it all
Allow yourself to feel it
Cry, draw, paint, or share in your way
No justifications needed
Just allow and notice it all
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
When the damn of distractions breaks
Allow yourself to feel it
Cry, draw, paint, or share in your way
No justifications needed
Just allow and notice it all
Allow yourself to feel it
Cry, draw, paint, or share in your way
No justifications needed
Just allow and notice it all
I walked into Friday
An abstraction of a day
Lines and colors
Seemingly knowing it other
A labyrinth for myself
Instead of solving
Or walking the maze
I took a seat
Pondering layers before me
#abstraction #vss365 #jacksonpollock
An abstraction of a day
Lines and colors
Seemingly knowing it other
A labyrinth for myself
Instead of solving
Or walking the maze
I took a seat
Pondering layers before me
#abstraction #vss365 #jacksonpollock
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I walked into Friday
An abstraction of a day
Lines and colors
Seemingly knowing it other
A labyrinth for myself
Instead of solving
Or walking the maze
I took a seat
Pondering layers before me
#abstraction #vss365 #jacksonpollock
An abstraction of a day
Lines and colors
Seemingly knowing it other
A labyrinth for myself
Instead of solving
Or walking the maze
I took a seat
Pondering layers before me
#abstraction #vss365 #jacksonpollock