Revelry Reverie

Punxsutawney PA

I have been to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. I’ve been at Gobbler’s Knob when Phil was taken out of his roomy crate and held up to the sky to prophecy over the believers. It’s the coldest I’ve ever been. Exactly twenty years ago today, while I was in college, the outdoor adventure club I was co-president over…

February 2, 2022
Chaos kitties

I’ve been wearing head-to-toe wool non-stop for a few months now, because it’s been super cold here, and wool is warm. Today, though, when I was getting ready, I felt a need for a change. I have a selection of leggings, like any regular human would I suppose. So I looked through them and saw…

February 2, 2022
Well. Now what?

Bloganuary is over. It’s Februboring. And I have to come up with my own ideas – like a chump. I’ve been thinking a lot about work lately, like, can’t sleep, wake up thinking about it, and so on. All good, but I’ve got too many threads to cover, and will wait to write more about…

February 1, 2022
Prompt – Jan 31

How do you feel when you look at the stars? Initially, insignificant in a very freeing way. Sometimes it’s a relief to look up and far into the past, and recognize that in a cosmic sense, my presence is immaterial. I can never screw up so much that the entire universe is at stake. I…

January 31, 2022
Prompt – Jan 30

Describe yourself as a tree. I’m not sure I wood describe myself as a tree. It’s not that I’m not willowing, but it’s a bit of a pine in the ash to try to camphor myself to a plant. I appreciate the silliness, but I’m rooted in a more realistic beleaf system. Elm not trying…

January 30, 2022
Prompt – Jan 29

How are you changing the world? Well this prompt certainly makes some assumptions. I think for many of us, we will never understand the scope of how we affect the world. We might smile at someone one day, who has a slightly better day as a result, and that is change in the world. We…

January 29, 2022
Prompt – Jan 28

What is on your music playlist right now? I have really predictable and boring tastes in music. I mean, I like it all, but how could this not be boring for anyone else to read? Music journalism is interesting, but those are professionals who can craft compelling narratives around artists and music. Anyway, that’s neither…

January 28, 2022
Prompt – Jan 27

Where do you go when you need solitude? Solitude has two different connotations (in my opinion) – one is the freedom of aloneness, and one is the isolation of loneliness. The latter is the one that lots and lots of people are struggling with through this pandemic. But I have been steadily filling my home…

January 27, 2022
Prompt – Jan 26

What is your favorite part about yourself? I think I’m whimsically pragmatic, and that is something I genuinely value in myself. A few days ago, I couldn’t land on a favorite quote, but in this context, here’s one I come back to again and again: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than…

January 26, 2022
Prompt – Jan 25

Write about what makes you feel strong. Doing complex things well. I equate pretty intrinsically “strong” with “skilled” and “competent” and “confident.” Perhaps because I’m not particularly physically imposing, I seat strength beyond the physical (though, of course, there is no denying when someone is physically strong that they are strong). I don’t want to…

January 25, 2022