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Shadowed Springs and Summers

So much has happened it’s hard to know where to begin. So I will just try and begin at the beginning…

In January 2018 I started to notice some stiffness and swelling in my fingers. I was working in a factory then, doing a lot of electrical wiring and detail work on small components, so I thought it was more repetitive stress than anything else. But by March it was spreading; I told my doctor…

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Reflecting and Moving Forward

A brief entry, for once….

I have taken some time off recently from writing. I dislike doing it (taking the time off, I mean). It is a good practice for me. But in the midst of several transitions in my life, I thought it best to take stock of what I have done this past year on this blog and think about where I want to take it moving forward.

When I began this blog, I had no clear idea of what it…

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Devilmoon, pt. 2

CW: BDSM The right corner of his mouth turned up in a hint of a smile. He sat on the same side of the booth with her, his phone hidden under his serviette. Anthony and Mary joined them for cocktails before heading to the lounge (live jazz most weekend nights). She was at first somewhat giddy, and then increasingly struggled to maintain her composure. This is what made him grin. Anthony seemed…

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Devilmoon, pt. 1

It is strange to say, and he would say that he found it strange to say as well, that the preparation was one of his favorite things. He had to order the toy specific, not because it was so rare, but because it was so popular. Very small, very thin, with a hinge in the center. When he laid out her outfit for that night, he left it on top of the very thin white lace teddy he had chosen for her. The…

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Mercurial and the Hour Downtown

I have been told it is spring. Certain empirical measures would support that contention – location of the earth in its trek around the sun, the equinox, green things starting to push up through the ground. But today still feels very much like winter. I am sitting in my car, waiting to pick up a friend’s daughter from her dance class. I got her here about three minutes late, because I have no…

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Aching Distraction

TW: Explicit, BDSM Click, tick, tock, knock. Click, tick, talk, knock. He glanced away from his pens and papers and books. The image would not let him be. It would break into paragraphs, disturb the lines of his sketchbook, and his eyes would drift. He saw her. She stood in the doorway. They had just finished lounging after dinner and he whispered to her, told her he wanted to play. A light blush…

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A Little Thoughtfulness Goes A Long Way, or Getting the Call Back

A great many of my friends – most of them, actually – are women. I am ostensibly a cishet male (to the casual observer, anyway). There are elements of my gender that defy casual observation, and I am in most respects much gentler than I appear. For this, and several other, reasons, many of my female friends who are still single share with me the abhorrent bullshit that have to deal with from the…

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Perceptions, Coin-tosses, and High Numbers

There is, in my experience, no greater challenge to maintaining my mindfulness and sense of balance than my own perceptions. I imagine this is true for most people, if not all of us, though as I have not spoken to everybody concerning this hypothesis, I can only register it as a hunch. That said, there is some interesting stuff out there concerning perception. Over this past weekend I had…

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A Gestalt of Things

A Gestalt of Things

It is strange what you will see when you allow yourself to look. It is been an interesting week. A lot of give and take in my tribe. That statement requires some clarification: I have been presented with many opportunities to give, and I have also been asked to let people give to me. All of this got me thinking. Last week a friend of mine called at four in the morning. She was struggling a bit,…

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Cold spring morning. #springiscoming

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The final part of my catharsis trio is now up on my blog. Link in the bio! This one’s a little explicit, be warned. #catharsis #spareroom #kink #bdsm #hopeforthefuture

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Pt. 3: The Spare Room

TW: Explicit – This hasn’t happened yet, but I have hope for the future. She pulls up in front of his place mid-afternoon. Fridays are typically his day off, so it’s unusual that he would request her stop by to check on the dog. She lets herself in the security door, and heads up the landing. The building is quiet. She unlocks the door, taking a few steps inside before she actually sees the room.…

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New blog up! Link in bio. A lot to work through this week, so I hadn’t published as frequently. I promise to make up for the next few days! If you like it, share it! #blog #mindfulness #momentsofclarity #familyofchoice #progress #progressnotperfection

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Pt. 2: Progress, or The Moment of Clarity

What a week. If you find yourself exhausted by my constant need to track and reflexively engage with my emotional state, be comforted. I am worn out. But, such is my life. I have to do it, and this venue gives me a place to work those things out in a way that might be useful or helpful to other people who live with similar challenges. That said, it’s important to note that I don’t always get it…

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My day is done, and I’m finally starting to feel a little bit better after the past nine days. My offering to the vinyl goddess - I love this music 🎶. It makes me easy. A part of me will always be a wide-eyed innocent. (A small part.) #littlebirdy #peanuts #vinyl #vinceguaralditrio #peaceofmind

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Game time. I love pink, so all my dice are bright and lovely. I also enjoy playing female characters; many gamers are fairly misogynistic, and they will treat female characters differently. It’s amusing, especially after the fighting starts. 😉 #gameon #ja’axthewoodelfmonk #dungeonsanddragons

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My cards, while I wait for the game to start. Interesting read: I am The Fool - the Dionysian One, renewed in the spring; Love, Change and Happiness all drawn in positions of challenge, emotion, and result. The Ace of Wanda - creative force - along with The Empress and The Aeon also round out my past. I use the archetypes to help me reflexively work through my day. #signsaregood #heathenasfuck #eventhesegamersarelookingatme