I received the email informing me that there was a new TDLD (which in my mind is pronounced "tiddled") last night, and I intentionally left it to read with my Good Coffee this morning. This sounds trivial, but on weekend mornings I carefully prepare and drink the insanely expensive, single-origin, lovingly-caressed, coffee; the beans for which I have mailed to me from Portland. Each Friday, I carefully clean my coffee grinder so that, on Saturday morning, the detritus of lesser beans won't contaminate the exquisitely balanced flavors of The Good Coffee. The preparation of TGC (I love a good acronym) is less of a process and more of a ritual that must be adhered to in order to obtain optimum enjoyment. Some weeks, the thought of drinking TGC on Saturday morning is all that keeps me slogging through my life as an indentured servant in the medical-industrial complex. So... um... all of this is to say, thanks for giving me another thing to look forward to.
Oh, and P.S. (can a comment have a P.S.?... well, this one does): In reading about your writing secrecy, it make me think about a concept from Hawaiian Shamanism one of my more bizarre exes introduce me to called "aka" (spelling almost certainly incorrect... and I'll likely bungle the description as well). Aka (as I understand it) are threads that connect other people to different parts of us.... like the lines of relationships. Those threads can help anchor concepts or projects as they are, or lock them on a certain course. Aka can give our intentions strength and promote their permanence in the world. They can also be pulled on to exert change on our intentions - to manipulate (for good or ill) our projects, thoughts, feelings, or actions... our very Selves. In this concept, aka are connected to parts of us from everyone we have even a passing relationship with... and they are strengthened by proximity, time together, strong emotions, and blood relation.
This ex of mine used to be very careful about who and how much they would tell about projects because they wanted them to be a pure expression of their Self. They wanted all influence to be filtered through them and carefully allowed or negated based on their desires and visions alone. It's a hard line to walk. I eventually broke up with this ex because I didn't feel like I had much access to their inner self. However, I still love them and respect them... and their projects, actions, and plans are beautifully refined expressions of their True Self.
ok so i read this when you wrote it & am only now getting back to the comment because I've been thinking about it a lot & getting to absolutely 0 (zero!) conclusions. This is such a tricky balance for me in terms of sharing/influence/aloofness etc, & sometimes I think about a lot. Thank you for sharing this with me!
I received the email informing me that there was a new TDLD (which in my mind is pronounced "tiddled") last night, and I intentionally left it to read with my Good Coffee this morning. This sounds trivial, but on weekend mornings I carefully prepare and drink the insanely expensive, single-origin, lovingly-caressed, coffee; the beans for which I have mailed to me from Portland. Each Friday, I carefully clean my coffee grinder so that, on Saturday morning, the detritus of lesser beans won't contaminate the exquisitely balanced flavors of The Good Coffee. The preparation of TGC (I love a good acronym) is less of a process and more of a ritual that must be adhered to in order to obtain optimum enjoyment. Some weeks, the thought of drinking TGC on Saturday morning is all that keeps me slogging through my life as an indentured servant in the medical-industrial complex. So... um... all of this is to say, thanks for giving me another thing to look forward to.
i love this so much, thank you! i am so glad you look forward to the newsletter, the coffee sounds incredible & like a very good weekend ritual.
+10 for garlic :)
*correction, +10 for too much garlic
Oh, and P.S. (can a comment have a P.S.?... well, this one does): In reading about your writing secrecy, it make me think about a concept from Hawaiian Shamanism one of my more bizarre exes introduce me to called "aka" (spelling almost certainly incorrect... and I'll likely bungle the description as well). Aka (as I understand it) are threads that connect other people to different parts of us.... like the lines of relationships. Those threads can help anchor concepts or projects as they are, or lock them on a certain course. Aka can give our intentions strength and promote their permanence in the world. They can also be pulled on to exert change on our intentions - to manipulate (for good or ill) our projects, thoughts, feelings, or actions... our very Selves. In this concept, aka are connected to parts of us from everyone we have even a passing relationship with... and they are strengthened by proximity, time together, strong emotions, and blood relation.
This ex of mine used to be very careful about who and how much they would tell about projects because they wanted them to be a pure expression of their Self. They wanted all influence to be filtered through them and carefully allowed or negated based on their desires and visions alone. It's a hard line to walk. I eventually broke up with this ex because I didn't feel like I had much access to their inner self. However, I still love them and respect them... and their projects, actions, and plans are beautifully refined expressions of their True Self.
ok so i read this when you wrote it & am only now getting back to the comment because I've been thinking about it a lot & getting to absolutely 0 (zero!) conclusions. This is such a tricky balance for me in terms of sharing/influence/aloofness etc, & sometimes I think about a lot. Thank you for sharing this with me!