Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
Writer & Tea drinker | Poetry, prose, essays, SFF and literary | www.ozarkmisfit.com |Absolutely all opinions are my own not my employer’s.
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Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Hi! I am a Missourian. My greatest hits include “Queer and BIPOC folks live in rural America” “stop trading solidarity for ideological purity” “love your neighbor, yeah that jackass” and “beauty is everywhere, just like pain.”
Because obviously… ⚓️
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Bishop Loya said "in the spirit of the english reformation and having liturgy in the vernacular, I present this collect for the feast day of k pop demon hunters" 😂 ⚓️
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Because obviously… ⚓️
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Bishop Loya said "in the spirit of the english reformation and having liturgy in the vernacular, I present this collect for the feast day of k pop demon hunters" 😂 ⚓️
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Crinkle fries are as the Lord intended. I will not be arguing this point of doctrine. ⚓️
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Crinkle fries are as the Lord intended. I will not be arguing this point of doctrine. ⚓️
St. Paul, Galatians 3:28. “There is no male AND female.” Sorry not sorry, KJV. The word choice harkens directly to the language of Genesis. “Male AND female he created them”. In Jesus, duality, labels, traditions, and FEAR are always irrelevant. Inclusion is Biblical. Inclusion is holy. ⚓️
“There is a disgraceful misconception that all people of faith do not affirm the full spectrum of gender–a great many of us do. Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God-Holy and whole.”
—many diverse faith traditions including the Episcopal Church ⚓️
—many diverse faith traditions including the Episcopal Church ⚓️
www.uua.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
St. Paul, Galatians 3:28. “There is no male AND female.” Sorry not sorry, KJV. The word choice harkens directly to the language of Genesis. “Male AND female he created them”. In Jesus, duality, labels, traditions, and FEAR are always irrelevant. Inclusion is Biblical. Inclusion is holy. ⚓️
Heya, Narthex. I am exploring religious calling to an ecumenical community (professed order). It is both lay and ordained and recognized by the Episcopal Church. This is tender stuff.
Pray for me? 🕯️
Pray for me? 🕯️
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Heya, Narthex. I am exploring religious calling to an ecumenical community (professed order). It is both lay and ordained and recognized by the Episcopal Church. This is tender stuff.
Pray for me? 🕯️
Pray for me? 🕯️
Wore one of my favorite skull sweaters to church today. Managed to scandalize the old church ladies. It was what our table talked about at coffee hour ending with “I don’t believe in skulls but I mean I guess I support your right to wear them.” It’s a sweater, Doris, not a heretical statement. ⚓️
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wore one of my favorite skull sweaters to church today. Managed to scandalize the old church ladies. It was what our table talked about at coffee hour ending with “I don’t believe in skulls but I mean I guess I support your right to wear them.” It’s a sweater, Doris, not a heretical statement. ⚓️
It’s DioWestMo Convention!! It’s amazing to be part of the governance of my church in the laity. Pray for us!! ⚓️
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s DioWestMo Convention!! It’s amazing to be part of the governance of my church in the laity. Pray for us!! ⚓️
I once went to a faux coffee house poetry night where everyone pretended to be as goth and dead inside as possible as “Isis Astarte Demeter Hecate Diana Kali Innana Nightwish Broomstick.” This is giving me flashes of that night.
Valentine: all the gothiest goths are there here in ravenkirk
Valentine: Raven Belladonna Darkclaw IVV (she/her)
Valentine: Sable Xandrexx Darknight IX (she/they)
Valentine: Hecate Nightshade Darkmoon Moondark XII (they/them)
Valentine: and Dirk Dark (ey/ei)
Valentine: Raven Belladonna Darkclaw IVV (she/her)
Valentine: Sable Xandrexx Darknight IX (she/they)
Valentine: Hecate Nightshade Darkmoon Moondark XII (they/them)
Valentine: and Dirk Dark (ey/ei)
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I once went to a faux coffee house poetry night where everyone pretended to be as goth and dead inside as possible as “Isis Astarte Demeter Hecate Diana Kali Innana Nightwish Broomstick.” This is giving me flashes of that night.
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🎼 You can meet them in lanes, or in cuffs, or in jail,
in the back seats of unmarked cars, or on bail;
but the skull-gaitered men shall never prevail...
in the back seats of unmarked cars, or on bail;
but the skull-gaitered men shall never prevail...
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Happy Halloween!!! Spent the evening with my cousin at her haunt, receiving about 750 trick or treaters and 2,000 people. It was so much fun!!
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy Halloween!!! Spent the evening with my cousin at her haunt, receiving about 750 trick or treaters and 2,000 people. It was so much fun!!
Change my mind. ⚓️
So, corporate confession is not the same. We are not confessing individual sins just like, together. We are also confessing COLLECTIVE sins. The sins of the Body of Christ. What has our church, our community, humankind, done and failed to do? Reconciliation of a penitent is purely personal.
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Change my mind. ⚓️
My mother’s beau, a soybean farmer in his late 60s in bib overalls with cataracts, diabetes, and a triple bypass, spent today at a No Kings in a town of under 10,000 in rural Missouri. My mom, admittedly a firebrand, went to three different protests like these to support small town activism
Trump turned my normie 70s previously-R voting mother into a Bolshevik
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My mother’s beau, a soybean farmer in his late 60s in bib overalls with cataracts, diabetes, and a triple bypass, spent today at a No Kings in a town of under 10,000 in rural Missouri. My mom, admittedly a firebrand, went to three different protests like these to support small town activism
Fine: seeing a little snake crawling in the well outside your garden level office window
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
October 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fine: seeing a little snake crawling in the well outside your garden level office window
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
Solid article from @psychopomp.com (as always!!) but I have to stan The Man Who Laughs as a creepy masterpiece. Based on a Victor Hugo story, the terrifying, tortured, inflicted smile of the protagonist inspired the Joker. It’s a silent film I always watch at Halloween.
and we're BACK on the blog with @theblackbuffy.bsky.social!!
Five Older Horror Films with Eerie Vibes
perfect for your spooky season viewing:
psychopomp.com/five-older-h...
Five Older Horror Films with Eerie Vibes
perfect for your spooky season viewing:
psychopomp.com/five-older-h...
Five Older Horror Films with Eerie Vibes - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and I’m not talking about December, either. Halloween season is a delight for many folks, but especially for horror fans because it means being even more unap...
psychopomp.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Solid article from @psychopomp.com (as always!!) but I have to stan The Man Who Laughs as a creepy masterpiece. Based on a Victor Hugo story, the terrifying, tortured, inflicted smile of the protagonist inspired the Joker. It’s a silent film I always watch at Halloween.
I am tired. Work is hard. Memories decline. Oh. And water is wet.
Additionally! I love my job. I nurture hope. Theatre is fun. Friendship gives life. Connection gives meaning. Grace is abundant.
Stay tuned for more broken news.
Additionally! I love my job. I nurture hope. Theatre is fun. Friendship gives life. Connection gives meaning. Grace is abundant.
Stay tuned for more broken news.
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am tired. Work is hard. Memories decline. Oh. And water is wet.
Additionally! I love my job. I nurture hope. Theatre is fun. Friendship gives life. Connection gives meaning. Grace is abundant.
Stay tuned for more broken news.
Additionally! I love my job. I nurture hope. Theatre is fun. Friendship gives life. Connection gives meaning. Grace is abundant.
Stay tuned for more broken news.
Reposted by Cassie E. Brown
such a fun spiraling out of the polite memo from Ross McCleary!
"Fire is raw and cleansing like alcohol. Embrace it like an undeserved promotion."
https://www.havehashad.com/voc9j
"Fire is raw and cleansing like alcohol. Embrace it like an undeserved promotion."
https://www.havehashad.com/voc9j
Please Consider The Environment Before Printing This Email by Ross McCleary
but if you must do so then please make sure to shred the pages after you’re done. If you must print this email then shred it, please, despite previous environmental concerns, burn the shreds in the…
www.havehashad.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
such a fun spiraling out of the polite memo from Ross McCleary!
"Fire is raw and cleansing like alcohol. Embrace it like an undeserved promotion."
https://www.havehashad.com/voc9j
"Fire is raw and cleansing like alcohol. Embrace it like an undeserved promotion."
https://www.havehashad.com/voc9j
These are awesome picks right here!!
Three great tastes that taste great together! What contemporary Southern horror are you reading this Spooky Season? I always prefer a Kentucky author myself 😉
![[image desc: stack of books on a fence post, top to bottom: SUMMER SONS by Lee Mandelo, WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, and STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ry77yg67bhrjsh4h5ptccng6/bafkreicjbyu6zt53h3l2mjwpswudrse7rxafduq37a4pxzkapudsahw7ey@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
These are awesome picks right here!!
Morticia just got blessed at the St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals and did not in fact disappear into a cloud of grey, sulfurous smoke! (For anyone running an over/under, she didn’t even hiss when sprinkled with holy water. So.) ⚓️
October 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Morticia just got blessed at the St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals and did not in fact disappear into a cloud of grey, sulfurous smoke! (For anyone running an over/under, she didn’t even hiss when sprinkled with holy water. So.) ⚓️
Kind words, huh @canonmak.bsky.social ?
"In an age that craves certainty and tribalism, Anglicanism offers something quieter and stronger shaped by prayer and lit from within by the glory of Christ. That is what gives me hope."
– The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, in her address this morning 🕯️
– The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, in her address this morning 🕯️
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Kind words, huh @canonmak.bsky.social ?
Everyone’s a sucker for eyes
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QuoteSKEET yours
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QuoteSKEET yours
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Everyone’s a sucker for eyes
👁️ 👁️
QuoteSKEET yours
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QuoteSKEET yours
Hey Narthex... y'all ESPECIALLY might dig this one. Jesus told us to love our neighbors. Jesus told us to love our enemies.⚓
Looking for something to read about gays, grace, and good food? Check out my new post over at OzarkMisfit. It's a good (true) story, if you need something that gives you hope.
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
When You Stop to Eat.
Yesterday was Real Town’s Pride. It is, functionally, a picnic. Community organizations, nonprofits, vendors, and churches come to a local park, set up under the trees, and connect with folks—queer an...
www.ozarkmisfit.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hey Narthex... y'all ESPECIALLY might dig this one. Jesus told us to love our neighbors. Jesus told us to love our enemies.⚓
Looking for something to read about gays, grace, and good food? Check out my new post over at OzarkMisfit. It's a good (true) story, if you need something that gives you hope.
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
When You Stop to Eat.
Yesterday was Real Town’s Pride. It is, functionally, a picnic. Community organizations, nonprofits, vendors, and churches come to a local park, set up under the trees, and connect with folks—queer an...
www.ozarkmisfit.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Looking for something to read about gays, grace, and good food? Check out my new post over at OzarkMisfit. It's a good (true) story, if you need something that gives you hope.
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
People saying “these autistic kids… it’s all getting so bad. Wasn’t around when I was growing up.” Y’all’s generation collected stamps, put ships in bottles, and invented model trains. Shut up. This guy is hella right. It was not the Tylenol.
Autism was around before Tylenol
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
People saying “these autistic kids… it’s all getting so bad. Wasn’t around when I was growing up.” Y’all’s generation collected stamps, put ships in bottles, and invented model trains. Shut up. This guy is hella right. It was not the Tylenol.