words from a flying cat

...that I thought was worth re-posting, both as a reminder to myself and something other people might want to hear.

People-ing is difficult, but it helps to be gentle with myself when I'm thinking through how to do it. :)

The original post is buried in the comments on this chapter of a longer story by a friend, and part of a larger conversation that hits some grim topics as well as some fun ones. But I think the excerpt can also stand on its own.
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Three very good new to me books:

N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky.

Corinne Duyvis, On The Edge Of Gone.

Corinne Duyvis, Otherbound.

Cut for length, hints of squashing brainweasels, and a quote with minor spoilers. ( Read more... )

“ ‘ Keep it simple, Jake. ’ ”

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Brought to you on the behalf of a friend of mine planning to move: an extended quote from Spider Robinson on packing for a move *without* losing one’s mind. (Contents may provoke stress in folks, like me, who loathe large organizational projects.) ( Read more... )

Several late-night poems, varyingly gentle and hard-hitting, selectively quoted. I tried to find two or three pretty or playful things about night-time and being up late, but oh well...this is what happens when one goes on a quest for understanding.

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Poets and Links:

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