"If you get tired
Learn to rest
Not to quit"

Credit Banksy

Fox Friday

This is Flipper. She was found discarded on the side of the road inside a crate with severe breaks in her front legs. The injuries have healed at a 90-degree angle, leaving her in pain and struggling with mobility. You can donate to her surgery below ❤️‍🩹

15outof10.org/flipper

Trying to transfer over from threads but this app is so quiet! It really feels like speaking into the void.

That said, I like to tell stories, and I'd like to hear yours. Would love to see some conversations happening, not just random posts.

Here's hoping that plan works out 🤞

"Step by Step": not only do I know every word, but hearing it transported me back to math class in the 7th grade.

Marcie sat in front of me and had a New Kids on the Block jacket. It had a picture of the band.

I would stare. (Think Tina from Bob's Burgers.)

My math grades sucked that year.

The next girl dog I adopt will be named Maybelline.

Then when shenanigans occur, or weird sounds or bad smells, I can say "maybe it's Maybelline."

Being 47 means going to bed feeling perfectly fine, waking up with a hip that's so bad you can hardly walk, and thinking "ah that 15 minutes of gardening yesterday really did me in."

So, according to reliable sources (Midsomer Murders, Sister Boniface, and others) small villages in England appear to be excessively dangerous, with an extraordinarily high number of suspicious deaths. Rivaled only by Cabot Cove, Maine.

Stay safe out there.

I have a knack for hurting myself in stupid ways...

Like today. A pack of PAPER PLATES fell off a high shelf and hit my nose *hard.* My nose is now swollen and turning purple. At least it didn't bleed, or break.

But honestly. Paper plates? What right do they have to be that heavy?!?

Saw a tiktok today about how crows can be sent by Hecate and to pay attention if you seem to be attracting them.

Got me thinking about how I traded chirps & clicks with a trio of crows in an oak tree a few days ago. I knew we were having a nice chat but perhaps I wasn't listening closely enough. 🐦‍⬛🤔

Asked my husband to read the final draft of one of my short stories.

Him: this is very unsettling.

Me: why?

Him: because if you ever lose your mind IRL you might do this to me. It's very disturbing.

Me: so it's a good story?

Him:... yes.

Success! 🙌

THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN

I'm not feeling the holidays at all. To the point I'm mildly surprised every time I go into the living room and see our Christmas tree.

I'm like...