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Fen Druadìn
@fendruadin.bsky.social
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Author | Book Midwife

Remembering Our Way Home
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This one actually does not require you to read the longer version. But if you want to, it's here:

medium.com/@fendruadin/...
Image contains words in black on a yellow gradient background with a photo in the middle. The words at top read: "Your mission today, should you choose to accept:" Below the image, the words read, "Read a book. Some wise earlier version of you already chose the words you need. They're in a book, in a stack nearby. Go, listen to the call. Read." Image in the center is contained in an irregular ovaloid shape and features books on a bookstore shelf. It includes titles such as the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand, The Blooming Of A Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh, One Long Listening by Chenxing Han, and several others.
November 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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Your mission today, should you choose to accept. This one definitely requires a visit to the longer form version for context:

tinyurl.com/4vwpbdaa
Image contains words on a green background above a photo of a bear. The words read "Your mission today, should you choose to accept: Run plays. Plan to stay safe, plan to make a difference." Text above the image urges readers to read the longer version of the mission which is available at https://tinyurl.com/4vwpbdaa
November 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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The full mission is up on Medium: medium.com/@fendruadin/...
Cream words on a yellow background above an image. Words read: "Your mission, should you choose to accept: Feel a pain beyond yourself and do one beautiful thing to address it." Copyright information is offered on the right-hand side and reads "Copyright Fen Druadìn 2024)." Image is of several items arranged on a polished wood surface. Prominent is a stainless steel vase of bright yellow and purple flowers, several bones including an animal skull, as well as rocks, antlers, dried mushrooms, several figurines, feathers, a pride flag, a wooden dagger, paper dragons, and a photo of a man with a young person (the photo is of the author when young, with one of their beloved dead).
November 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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This is a tough one, folks, but I know you've got this. It's just ONE thing. And it's already in your mind - you don't have to choose, just the one that burns you up when you think of it. Just that one, or one step toward it.

For the full mission write-up: medium.com/@fendruadin/...
November 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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They're following the playbook.
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Nov 17
It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people.

It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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I made a thing. Folks have been asking me for a while to make merch out of some of their favorite quotes from my work. This one is from this short essay: tinyurl.com/dd3rs4ew

And you can buy the mug here: tinyurl.com/2vj359ca

There are some shirts & hoodies too. Lemme know if you want those links.
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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Despite what Toby (the cat) wants you to think, there is actually more to this mission than just one word.

You don't have to read the whole thing, you can just lie there like a lump, which in itself fulfills the mission.

But if you want to, you can read the full mission here: tinyurl.com/3kf69fdf
Image of a cat asleep below text that reads, "Today's mission, should you choose to accept: Rest. That's it. Just rest. That's the whole mission."
November 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Full mission is up on the book of faces. Starting tomorrow, I'll have these up on Medium as well, so you don't ever have to go back to the Zuck place again to grab them.

www.facebook.com/FenWrites/po...
Image shows barefeet on a sandy trail. Text reads "Your mission, should you choose to accept: Walk away. (And you may discover you can fly.) Credit is given to Fen Druadìn
November 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Should you choose to accept...

(Full post is up on the book of faces: www.facebook.com/FenWrites/po...)
Image of trees in golden Fall color. Text reads: Your mission today... Check on your strong friends. Ask someone to tea. We need the strong ones, we need the hurting ones, and they are often the same person.
November 15, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Hiya! I'm honored by all the follows on this my 1st and 2nd days in the Blue Sky. A lot of y'all came over from the other blue place of the faces. What about the rest of you?

Holla at me in the replies & tell me how you found me. That includes if you followed from FB! Excited to get to know yas.
November 14, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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The full post is up on the book of faces, here: www.facebook.com/FenWrites/po...

I will be setting up a blog very soon, to hold the long-form versions of my posts. For now, with apologies, you'll have to click through to Facebook to read the full thing.
Photo of a yellow butterfly on a pink thistle flower. Text reads "Today's Mission, If you choose to accept. Today, we will breathe like a pilot, navigating enemy flak and delivering the crew to safety."
November 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Where do I find "starter pack" or tutorials or something? I want to make this work for us.
November 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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I put a whole essay into an alt text. Look at me, learning and growing.
Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to get back up. We are in hard times and barreling toward harder times. It's gonna be a rough ride. Today, if you are willing, we are going to practice strength and resilience in the face of insurmountable odds. (I know, dear ones, I know. Bear with me for a moment.) You know that scene in every action film, at the climax where everything is riding on one last fight, the main character is down for the count, and you know it's about all over, but then they find that last ounce of strength and they stand up and they win the fight? That's the one. It's cheesy, I know. It's not realistic, I know. But what is real is that you only lose the battle when you don't get up again. And that day may come, but maybe not today. Just for today, I want you to take a moment and check in with yourself and discover whether there is even one last ounce of strength left. One little bit. If there's not, then I want you to practice saying to yourself: Well, I can't get up right now, but maybe I will later. I will stay here until I can. If there is, then I want you to practice saying to yourself: Okay, I have one ounce of strength left. I'm going to make it count. Just for today, loves. Tomorrow you can collapse again, if that is what you must do. And on any day - ANY day - you must turn to yourself and do what is right for you, not what anyone is telling you to do, not even me. But today, if you choose to accept this mission, I want you to get up. I want you to do one thing. Brush your teeth. Comb your hair. Plan the next step in whatever it is that you're planning. Check on a neighbor. Get some breakfast and a coffee. Schedule a family meeting. Figure out where you need to go to resolve a problem. Tune in to a community that is doing work you want to be a part of. Read an article about how to birth a new world out of the wreckage of this old one. Go, prepare the soil of your garden for next season. Now, don't mistake me…
November 13, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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I've been doing daily missions for those who choose to accept them. They are too long for this platform. So. We are about to find out what it's like for me to do a full thread full of a lot of words... Here we go (1/I have no idea how many)
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Hi! I'm here!

Is there a character limit? There sure is. Hm.

I wonder what's going to be my best strategy for posting here since I tend to be, shall we say... prone to textual magnificence of length.

This has been Fen's stream of consciousness, a post to be proud of to look back on as my fi... oh
November 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM