#spring log

[green-algae]

5/26/2024 - Great Falls National Park, Northern VA

[logan-the-artist]

she’s an ace icon actually

commission me!

[a-queer-seminarian]

No matter what they say, no matter what they do, they cannot erase the truth: God calls us good.

From the time of Joseph of the princess dress and power over dreams, God has watched over us and moved through us. Famine comes to the nations that fail to see how our transness is a holy gift. Good fruit flourishes in the communities that welcome our wisdom.

Let us give thanks to the God who upturns the status quo — who loves the world’s despised; who blesses the ones the world calls cursed; who draws the outcast close.

(Edit: a couple people have messaged to ask, so I’ll add here that yes, I do make these kinds of patches to sell — check out NeuroqueerCrafting on Etsy! Also, if you wanna learn more about trans readings of Joseph, click here.)

[londonadayatatime]

Forest Scene, April 2024

[toyastales]

Modern Rustic Vibes

[lilium-dragomir]

[photosofsouthwestmt]

Hauling…..Tail

Lilly and I took a little trip up the Selway Creek road last week. Along the way I got this chipmunk beating feet along a log.

Nikon D500, Manual Mode, Tamron 150-600mm VC G2, F/6.3, ISO Auto (280), ET 1/2000, Focal Length 600mm, Handheld, Vibration Control on

[notbecauseofvictories]

so about a month ago, I looked around at my life and went "is this all there is?" and I am here to tell you that after signing up for tutoring adults in reading, applying for 821390 different jobs plus also working my internal contacts to get additional assignments, and heading into a second weekend of family togetherness---the answer is and always was no, I was just lonely and very, very dumb.

[m1ndful-thou9hts]

Doorway to nowhere 🌀🚪❓|| @m1ndful-thou9hts

[aconite-scanlation]

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[funsizedshark]

i was digging through my posts for one specific thing and i admire people who have moved on from 2012 and have long since moved blogs. me however i will stubbornly cling on to my 3k pages of tumblr posts on my blog from when i was thirteen up until now

[green-algae]

6/9/2024 - Park in Northern VA

[logan-the-artist]

it’s that time of the year!

[a-queer-seminarian]

Madre Juana, the sixteenth century Spanish nun who resonates with trans and intersex experiences today

Today, May 3, is the feast day of Madre Juana de la Cruz, one of my favorite holy transcestors. I'm flattered that my art piece above was included in this year's sharing of QSpirit's article on Juana; I highly recommend that article for aaaall the details about Juana!

I've also written an article that hones in on Juana's genderfluid visions of God, and other ways the life and preaching of this sixteenth century Spanish nun resonates with trans and intersex experiences today. Learn about Juana's adam's apple and sex-shifting clothing choices, God's pregnancy cravings and seamstress skills, and other fun stuff!

[londonadayatatime]

Lost Log, April 2024

It's now December, time really does fly.

It's usually this time of the year I get wistful about the year, mourning yet another year where I feel as though I've done nothing, achieved nothing. As the song goes, "so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year older, a new one just begun".

This has been an absolutely horrible year, and my only solace has been in my photography. It's been a form of therapy for me, helping me focus on what's around me rather than be distracted by all the thoughts in my head. It's sort of meditation/a mindfulness practice, since I look around me and try to observe my surroundings to find anything that might catch my eye, big or small. It can be incredibly repetitive, but it also helps me to break out of other repetition, particularly unhealthy thought cycles.

It turns out that my camera has also been my most faithful buddy through my life, being there with me almost always since the day I got it. It's witnessed my entire adult life, through utter joy and indescribable sorrows. It's seen me through lots of abuse, including accidental drops in Porto, tropical storms in Singapore, subzero temperatures in Scotland and Norway. It's seen sandstorms in Bahrain, and even smoke from forest fires that started spontaneous in front of my eyes (one day I'll post the photos on here). It's held up miraculously well despite all that, except that well I probably exceeded the expected shutter lifespan a while ago, and most of its buttons don't actually work. I've actually had the shutter button replaced once more than a decade ago, but now it's starting to fail again. Despite thinking every now and then that perhaps an upgrade would be nice, it hasn't failed me yet, and loyalty always brings me back to it. Sentimentality too. But it won't last forever, which saddens me immensely. I wonder often how I would feel if it died before things get better for me. I hope I'm not jinxing it (reverse jinx!) by saying that would probably be the way 2024 bows out for me.

In the spirit of December, Christmas, and Tumblr, I'm considering setting up a GoFundMe to help me prepare for that eventuality. After all, if scammers can do it and raise good money, why can't I? At least I'm being honest about where the money's going, and I could 100% use the 64x (that's 6 stops for all you nerds) better low-light capability (not to mention the 5 stops in-body image stabilisation).

Let me know in the comments (or drop me a message) if you will support me!

[random-dragon-exe]

OK maybe it's just me looking too much into it, but there's a few tiny similarities between the main romance in Heartstopper and Dead End: Paranormal Park.

For one, the shows are both based on books/graphic novels. I know that's surface level, but there's more.

Such as:

Both couples become official boyfriends in their first seasons

Both Barney and Nick have dogs (Pugsley and Nellie)

There's someone in the relationship who's better at a sport (Barney with wrestling and Nick with Rugby)

There's one person in the relationship who's struggling with keeping their relationship status a secret so they don't get outed (Logs and Nick)

EDIT: In Heartstopper S3 and in S2 of Dead End, saying "I love you" is major step in the relationship, and causes anxiety for Barney and Charlie.

Look, I'm aware this is all minor stuff, but you gotta admit it's entertaining to string these two shows together.