Reader, writer, actor, cat/dog/critter lover who sometimes gets up in front of people and tells stories. I work with/for a tiny nonprofit progressive school, as their development director; I help them tell their story, too. I enjoy cooking and chatting about cooking. I like the smell of coffee, prefer to drink tea. Will occasionally comment on/review/recommend movies or TV series. I'm an outdoorsy person; I like to bike, hike, and swim, though I'm not competitive about it. I have a regular touring bike for when I want to challenge myself, and an ebike for commuting and local trips in good weather. I was a mountain ranger in my 20s, still like to hike mountains. We live near water, so I swim in the summer; not a fan of pools, much. My family is amazing and a great source of joy. @ dwenius is a partner like no other. Yes, I realize how lucky I am. I'm expressly anti-fascist, because apparently that needs to be said out loud now. Former talk.bizarre denizen, exceedingly queer on multiple axes. Hashtag Mash: # storytelling # storytelling # writing # writer # reading # reader # TalkBizarre # books # sciencefiction # tv # movies # acting # theater # cats # dogs # hiking # biking # schools # education # nonprofits # fundraising # cooking # recipes
Reader, writer, actor, cat/dog/critter lover who sometimes gets up in front of people and tells stories. I work with/for a tiny nonprofit progressive school, as their development director; I help them tell their story, too. I enjoy cooking and chatting about cooking. I like the smell of coffee, prefer to drink tea. Will occasionally comment on/review/recommend movies or TV series. I'm an outdoorsy person; I like to bike, hike, and swim, though I'm not competitive about it. I have a regular touring bike for when I want to challenge myself, and an ebike for commuting and local trips in good weather. I was a mountain ranger in my 20s, still like to hike mountains. We live near water, so I swim in the summer; not a fan of pools, much. My family is amazing and a great source of joy. @ dwenius is a partner like no other. Yes, I realize how lucky I am. I'm expressly anti-fascist, because apparently that needs to be said out loud now. Former talk.bizarre denizen, exceedingly queer on multiple axes. Hashtag Mash: # storytelling # storytelling # writing # writer # reading # reader # TalkBizarre # books # sciencefiction # tv # movies # acting # theater # cats # dogs # hiking # biking # schools # education # nonprofits # fundraising # cooking # recipes
If you want to understand the difference between the fedi(di)verse and corporate social media, read no further than Martin Shaw's Courting the Wild Twin:
Bad storytellers make spells.
Great storytellers break them.
This, now, is mostly an era of spell-making. Of tacit enchantment, of stultified imaginations and loins inflamed by so much factory-fodder lust, our relationships malfunction in their millions. We are on the island of the Lotus Eaters, curled up in the warm sleepy breeze of a Russian fairy tale as the robber steals away the Firebird. How do we wake up?
I will give you a little plot-spoiler right here. Sounds so very deceptively simple. The secret is relatedness.
Relatedness. Relatedness breeds love, and love can excavate conscience. Conscience changes the way we behave. Relatedness is how we wake up.
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-03-16/courting-the-wild-twin-excerpt/