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Madeleine Ann Eames's avatar

Powerful. And witty. From this “consciousness draped in meat”. I know who I am. Boom.

Kaja Sommer's avatar

🌎Very nice road map! Just one minor disappointment: “Karen-level”? (How would Karen King feel?)

Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

You’re right, Karen — not every Karen deserves to be yoked with meme-level baggage.

We’ll upgrade the phrasing.

Shirley Peck's avatar

Nous. What we call our practical sense. Our common sense. I’d almost forgotten about that!

Valence's avatar

I say this is only the vehicle I drive around.

Shirley Peck's avatar

Whew! I’m so behind with my reading. Had a big Mother’s Day on Sunday, got my bedding plants in the ground on Monday, been recovering with heating pad on lower back and ice pack on my knee ever since. Happy to have some time this morning to enjoy your writing.

Joan Vinall-Cox's avatar

If I’m aware of what I’m actually feeling, I can’t judge. When I’m judging, my feelings are silenced.

Shirley Peck's avatar

Virgin Monk Boy, are you related to the person who wrote Desiderata?

Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Shirley, I only wish. That man wrote “Go placidly amid the noise and haste,” and I was born screaming into a megaphone at a yoga retreat.

But I do admire him. While he gently whispered peace into the void, I kick the void in the shins and demand it face its shadow. So we’re not related… but we’ve definitely loitered in the same cosmic bookstore.

– Virgin Monk Boy

Nancy's avatar

I just have to think, with all of this and your writings here and elsewhere:

Laughter is a wonderful thing. :)

Shirley Peck's avatar

🤭☺️