A River Reflection - Going Alone sometimes going alone is best

wrote a lil poem about the joys of going to the river alone 😊 you can read it on my substack open.substack.com/pub/echowrit...

the two main reasons i’m missing twitter are
1) staying informed and
2) to post nudes

soooo

really missing twitter these days so maybe i’ll come back to bluesky for a bit

what’s everyone’s favorite doechii song this week? mines Catfish 🔥

ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

a pan of freshly baked blueberry muffins

i felt god in these gluten free blue berry muffins this morning

when I looked up today, I recognized my belly in the sky

really resenting the “Have a Tiny Cry About It” part of The Processing phase

a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it

Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

do you remember Flair? Like corkboard buttons we filled with funny quips, fandom flair, and other signifiers!

This is my homework piece for a class I’m taking. It’s almost finished, I need to work on the foreground and sky. Every piece of art I create is a learning piece and I learned a lot from this piece. You are never too old to learn!

#Art #softpastel #snow #landscape #color #nationalparks #artist

two drafts

it’s really just about the crushing weight of The System trying to silence and suffocate us. Imprison us so they can control us, dehumanize us to justify their greed and their inhumanity.

i know logically that if something like that were to happen, i wouldn’t be alone. In my dream i wasn’t, one of my childhood best friends was there with me. I also know my work wouldn’t end, i’d find purpose on the inside too, somehow.

my friends and i were joking yesterday, i said im ready to protest by not paying taxes. We laughed and said that 2025 is not the year to get arrested, not in the first year of this presidency at least, we need to be here now.

getting arrested has been my brain’s go to stress dream for several months now. but this was was certainly inspired by the onslaught of news regarding the ways the US wants to enslave people once again, via the carceral system.

I had a dream i was getting arrested and taken to a detention center. but before i was taken away, the police raided my home, trashed it and took a bunch of shit. then i was made to go through a program before i even got to the center for what to expect in prison.

i hate job hunting, i feel so frustrated and defeated because i don’t want any of these damn jobs. i had my dream job, and i want that back! it’s been 9 months since the layoffs, and im still not over it.

small orange cat with a macaroni shaped body standing on the railing of a porch. his long tail is curled up like a question mark and his legs look funny

small orange cat close to csneda sitting in a wicker chair, front paws draped over the side

small orange cat with small ears curled up on a bed looking to the right of camera

he’s my funky guy, my demon and ny angel, my sweet cheese, my good time boy

weird looking small orange cat with squinty eyes and tiny ears and round snoot

hey bluesky, meet macaroni! the squemchiest of all cats

omg i love this!!

i joined twitter back in 2009, i was 14/15. coming here and letting myself express semi-freely in my thirties feels like this could really do something for teenage echo

text graphics are so important! i would love to grow that skill as well

this year i’ve made the commitment to actually get on a text-based platform again in order to stay more informed, practice my own writing, AND actually sharing it. We’re gonna be imperfect and messy and that’s okay. selfie for the feed cus i’m having a great hair day ☁️✨