A couple weeks ago I bought a candle. I was excited by it because it sorts you. (Link for anyone else that is enchanted by that idea.) It arrived and I opened it and it smells lovely and then I realized.
I don’t…actually like candles?
I mean, I love them conceptually but I never actually light them. I don’t like burning candles because I have a cat and, even though he’s very smart about that sort of thing and has never bothered our yahrzeit candles, I have anxiety. So they’re more knicknacks than candle-candles around here. And yet, despite not being a candle fan, I have a whole heckin’ collection:
Category: life
What it’s like to text bank
Last week Kevin and I did some text bank volunteering with the Harry Potter Alliance and Head Count.
The details in advance were a little vague on what that meant so I was pretty nervous going it but it turns out that that text banking is almost completely painless and actually pretty helpful! (Added bonus if some of your favorite musicians play a just-for-volunteers concert while you work.)
If you’re curious about doing something similar, here’s what it was like for us:
Read More »Hey y’all, I’m struggling
Don’t panic! I am fine. Just, you know, struggling.
And it’s a very small thing, in the grand scheme of the world. It almost feels silly to write about except I know a lot of other folks are struggling too, so at least we can all know we’re struggling together.
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