Hello to all the lurkers (Betsy! Haven’t seen you forever, hope you are doing well!) and sorry I had to drop off. I’m glad she was able to hear and feel some of the love.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Aug 20, 2023 6:07:27 pm PDT #24198 of 30000
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2023 6:54:20 pm PDT #24199 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Just to share a small personal celebration: I just crossed the 10,000 word mark on a work of original fiction for the first time since November 2016.
Laura - Aug 20, 2023 6:59:52 pm PDT #24200 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Well done, Susan!
Love seeing the lurkers! You are my family and you have been missed.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 20, 2023 7:01:36 pm PDT #24201 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I'm so sorry I missed the zoom call, but I'm happy to know the love of the buffistas is still strong and beautiful.
My heroes.
Cass - Aug 20, 2023 7:40:23 pm PDT #24202 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Today was a wonderful gathering of all of our love, and I'm of course also reminded of a similar gathering we had with amyth. I don't think our culture has a convenient word for these gatherings (yet?) but this has become one of my most precious rituals. All the outpouring of love and memory and grief-mixed-with-sweetness and so, so much support in all directions that's always the best part of a really solid funeral (no offense to the priests and rabbis and prescribed words and whatnot) -- but while the person is there to witness and receive it.
This is so much more meaningful, to me.
Laura - Aug 21, 2023 5:12:16 am PDT #24203 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I hope the left casters are high and dry. Looks like Hilary was a sloppy mess. My coast is looking at Gert, Emily, Franklin, and a couple of unnamed tropical storms. The Atlantic storms are still being pushed away from the coast by the strong El Niño, so far so good.
A morning here feeling all the feels after spending time with Jacqueline and family, and so many of my Buffista family. Love to you all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2023 6:59:59 am PDT #24204 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Thanks beekaytee for hosting and thanks everyone for coming together in support of JZ and family. That was lovely and sad and life-affirming all at once.
JenP - Aug 21, 2023 7:52:51 am PDT #24205 of 30000
Everything you have all said, yes. So grateful for the gathering yesterday, and this community, and for JZ. And the whole Zmayhem family.
Calli - Aug 21, 2023 12:28:07 pm PDT #24206 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thank you for sharing that poem, Windsparrow!
And congratulations, Susan!
Sue - Aug 21, 2023 1:17:13 pm PDT #24207 of 30000
hip deep in pie
That was lovely and sad and life-affirming all at once.
It really was. My heart has been so full ever since, thinking of JZ and David. And all of you.