Whole, Uninjured
Holy from PIE root *kailo- "whole, uninjured" I don't know how to keep things whole, uninjured. Most things I guard get sick and sicker....
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The Grief House
- Aug 17
- 1 min
The God Of Fucking Up
I need a God who fucks up, a fallible god. A god who leaves things out accidentally and when I trip and fall and become injured it is...
The Grief House
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Seeking Magicians
Magic - from Old Persian magush: magician, from the Proto Indo European root magh: to be able. To have power. The one who is able: the...
The Grief House
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Tangled In Myself
Much of the time, when I'm stuck, the thing I'm stuck in is me. I'm starting to suspect that's all there is for me to do this time...
The Grief House
- Jun 19
- 1 min
An Argument For Elk
Their feet are wide. They're heavy. They will crush your rigid edges on their way to your good river. After downpours you will no longer...
The Grief House
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Flyway
These days it seems to me my body is more like a flock of birds than I previously realized; making and unmaking itself, bound by some...
The Grief House
- Jun 19
- 1 min
There Is No Matter
“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be...
The Grief House
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Love That's Given Up Flying
What should I do when I love doomed things? When I love dead and dying things, and tangled and mired things that are not about to become...
The Grief House
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Two Hands Full of Loss
Accept is made from the root word kap, "to grasp," w hich made the word kapati, "two handfuls" in Sanskrit. Later it made kaptein "to...
The Grief House
- Feb 11
- 1 min
The Pleasure of Your Presence
Last week I met my sister. I want you to see her. I want you to see us together, with our family. My family. Ours. I want you to look at...
The Grief House
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Comfort - With Strength
com - with fort - strength This is my Aunt Ruth. She helped my mother raise me. By the time I was born her heart had...
The Grief House
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Lost, Found
Here is my father, when he was young. He made my sister, Rosio., and me. I met him once, for a few days, when I was seven. I've never...
The Grief House
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Building Playgrounds For Our Fear
The thing about my fear is that she's frightened and she's frightening. I catch her staring at me with her black eyes and, from time to...
The Grief House
- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Trust Plants- Wapato Island Farm
When Jenny Serna suggested I ask the plants for help - for my body and my heart - I felt unsure. Why would they help me? I pave things...
The Grief House
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
Sage on Trust
Hey, all! I’m Sage (@surge_lactose). This month’s Grief House theme is trust. This is Copper. She came to R&R New Options Equine when she...
The Grief House
- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
I'm Trusting You
I've been thinking about that sentence. It could feel like a gift and rejoicing - I'm trusting you! I'm doing it! My heart is unclenched....
The Grief House
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
Fear & Offerings
I find it scary to make offerings. What if I offer myself and you don't take me? What if I admit that you matter to me and I hope - maybe...
The Grief House
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
Loss- An Offering From Our Community
Isn’t it funny how you can miss something you never even had? You never met your granddaughter. You didn’t have a chance to. I would not...