What are your favorite side-hustle ideas?
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E-exorcist: the profession of those who come to the house of one who is possessed by electronic devices and dunks all the household’s screens in unholy water.
That one may need workshopping.
Beautyberries,
dense clusters of fuchsia,
lure hungry birds.
autumn long shadows
of a tuft of tall grass
etch rocky ground.
What are five simple exercises to do at home?
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Calisthenic:
1.) Squat (or suitable variation); 2.) pushup (or suitable variation); 3.) Russian twist; 4.) Pullup or inverted row; 5.) Burpee
Yogic:
1.) Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskara); 2.) Backbend (e.g. Dhanurasana or Chakrasana); 3.) Forward bend (e.g. Paschimottanasana;) 4.) Lateral Bend (e.g. Tiryaka Tadasana); 5.) Twist (e.g. Ardha Matsyendrasana)
static dragonfly
perched on a water lily;
speeds: zippy & dead.
A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver
Luck, diligence, spontaneity, and inspiration
Mary oliver; A Poetry Handbook
are all needed to write a poem.
…above all let us never accept as cause for what we do not comprehend something we comprehend even less.
Marquis de sade; Juliette
…wise people don’t tell us what to do;
david brooks; How to know a person
they start by witnessing our story.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
Hunter s. thompson; The Rum Diary
but to those who can see it coming and jump aside. Like a frog evading a shillelagh in a midnight marsh.
We do not see things as they are,
Anaïs Nin
we see them as we are.
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself?
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My relationship to sensation.
