New Little joys, who dis?

New little joys who dis

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Morning darklings,

Hi to those of you who are new around here! I appreciate you joining me on the journey of creating, learning, and existing in a haunted body.

I love to focus on the Little things (the small moments in life that go unnoticed or unappreciated). Some are just reminders that every person isn't terrible or that not every square inch of the world is on fire, other brings Little joys (bursts of happiness that come from either paying attention to said Little things or taking pauses and doing something small for yourself).

That brings us to now.

I've been getting from point A to point B, but not getting all the Mickey heads or S++ missions, which, for those of you who don't speak Kingdom Hearts, means I'm not operating at my top self, but I'm doing the damned things as much as possible and enjoying all that I can. The asteroids may or may not be taking off a wing of my gummy ship, but I still arrive mostly on time.

I exhibited at the PNW Miniature Show the other day! It was really exciting to see my pieces on display next to so many other brilliant miniatures. Most people brought entire houses. One was the size of a whole table, and I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of it.

Dusty is nearly healed, with only a little eye gunk left to go. Nothing contagious at this point, so he's integrating with the kiddos. It's super slow going, but so far it's just hissing and curiosity. We can accept a little fear, stress, and the unknown. As long as the claws stay in, all is well. I am immensely happy to see how it's going, honestly.

A few new things to make life easier. The first is the hubs' brilliant idea to use joint containers as seed holders to keep them dry outside. I just cut up the package and taped em on. Added bonus: an amazing rainfall sound when you pick them stack up. Yes, that's a lot of joint containers. That's not all of them. I did tell you all that I needed marijuana for pain, did I not? I consume it in a lot of ways, and this is but one. The second is a gift from Padre. We make big batches of food on Sunday because it's pretty much the only day I cook, if I'm able to manage it at all. This means our freezer is jam-packed with containers and ziplock bags full of individually portioned solid food meals. There is a lot of timber moments as of late, as I can't eat solid food as often as I make it. So he got me a vacuum sealer! It's not only amazingly handy, it's also super fucking cool.

Good times with good people. An escape room with some of the Clocks authors. The cover artist was in from California, so you know we had to get together! A trip to the Chinese Garden with one of my nearest and dearest. A beach trip just for Angelique O'Rourke. And a reading with some Clocks authors where Sarah Walker was able to join us!

I went to Mike Bennet's free Dead Media Haunted House, which was cool and adorable and creative. In the gift shop, I heard something clatter and saw a guy kneel down behind me to pick up a shelf-full of fallen lawn signs. I reached down and grabbed a small stack for him. It was a very crowded space, with a lot of rambunctious kids, and spending more time on the ground than necessary seemed like it could be hell. He thanked me after saying it was just one of those days. Only then did I realize it was the artist himself. For a moment of helping, he gave me two pumpkins signs (which looked great next to the ghost one we bought). I forgot to take picture to share in time. But like, what a kind human. Naturally, the hubs and I bought more than just the one ghost lawn sign we'd planned—some stickers for next month's issue of The Little Periodical in fact. One must support people like that. I went home and looked him up to get his tag to share along with the signs and ended up watching his TEDtalk. Good stuff. Highly recommend.

Solid food days allowed me some stuff over the past few months, and I am so grateful for that.

The feeling vs the reality.

I wanted forever plants, so I've started making them. This is my string of pearls, and I kind of love her. She isn't hanging in the window yet, but when I get her a chain and hook, she'll be bouncing rainbows around my room like there's no tomorrow.

some links of joy

◗ about cats being dependents (my mom sent this to me, and it's kind of solid gold)

◗ John Oliver was on General Hospital this summer, in case you didn't know. It was excellent. The hubs and I watched only his parts via a short playlist. I think it was better without context.

◗ Dumb TikTok things via on fun commentator who can't believe people are like this. Validating and amusing

◗ Hasan Minaj chatting with a puppet. 4 months old, but darklings, I can't keep up with as much content people as put out and put out my own. Truly unhinged how much is going on with the world, let alone inside my head.

Until next time, harness the Little darknesses and embrace the Little things.