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A Vow Renewal

I first took my vows December 21, 2020. This year, I am renewing my Vows for the 5th time. And I’m changing them dramatically this year. This last year, my Vows were: Study Structure Simplicity Stewardship Stability Sustainability Service Sanctuary There’s only so many S-words you can use for single word vows, so this year, when I felt like I needed to make some changes, I dropped the strong alliteration and really changed things up. For the next year, my Vows will be: Intention Curiosity Cre...

Curious Dialogues: A Personal Learning Project

I've never been one to hide my political leanings. I'm an anarchist, but a pragmatic one. I voted for Kamala Harris because I think Trump is terrible for everyone right now. But I'm also a mystic and know that just because something is terrible right now doesn't mean it's the worst thing for the future, so I accept what is and dig into what I can do with my particular skills and interests to maybe make it a little less terrible for the present. My personal analysis of why tyranny keeps winnin...

I Give To You My Last Fuck

I give up swearing every November. It's a practice I started in 2016, and that was a really hard fucking month to give up swearing. I've done it yearly since. It turned out to be really good not just as a practice of mental and emotional discipline, but for creative writing, too. If you've only just started following me in the last few years, you might not realize just how much of a potty mouth I used to have. I swore so much, it shocked people. Not gonna lie, I enjoyed it. I like swearing. I...

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DIYing a Master in Fine Arts Program?

I am a writer. I am a very good writer. I want to be better. But I don't really want to go to school for that. I'm already in school full-time finishing a bachelor's in philosophy. I may go to grad school, but it won't be for writing. It'll be for another topic of interest that will make my writing even more interesting, and also to develop research skills. The DIY MFA in Creative Writing that I'm putting myself through, on the other hand, is about refining my craft as a writer with the assis...

College in Middle-Age

Right after high school, I went to college. Majored in chemistry. Got pregnant and dropped out halfway through my freshman year. A few years later, I decided to enroll in the community college, get through the first couple years of gen ed requirements and all of the philosophy classes that I could do there, and then transfer. Except one day, I came home from a work study shift tutoring math and philosophy, on my birthday, to discover my then-husband and our roommate/my best friend packing the...

Announcing CuriousDAO

Announcing CuriousDAO: A New Path for Independent Scholarship and Community-Driven ResearchDear Curious Explorers,Today, I’m excited to o...

Crowdfunding Graduate School?

It's time for me to start thinking about grad school. I'll need to apply by this time next year or so, so figuring out what I want to do...

That Time I Decided To Learn Chinese

On a random day around late March 2023, I decided that I wanted to learn a language. I'd taken two years of French in high school in the...

Patchwork Superhero: Episode 1

She sat alone in the corner, not even sure why she was at the tryouts. It’s not like she even stood a chance at making the team. She tapp...

Money is a Goddess, and She is Pissed

The Vision of Juno Moneta in Chains as rendered by MidjourneyLet me introduce myself in case this is your first time meeting me:I'm Gwynn...