A balance of sights seen today - Someone idling their out-of-state car in the striped access space next to an occupied handicapped parking spot 😡 An extremely large bag of dog food someone put in the food shelf donation box at the co-op 🥰

#aging #ageing #epiphanies #grandmothers #wisdom open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#buses #boundaries #kindness #publictransit #diversity open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#capitalism #elitism #entitlement #kindness #compassion #solidarity #anger #prejudice open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#dementia #death #mothers #forgiveness #release #narcissism open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#life #joy #expectations #dementia #parenting #truth #merit

#hope open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

Dear New Yorkers, Do it! Vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Do it for NYC. Do it for the whole country. Love, a concerned neighbor in Vermont

#tea #kindness #bread #breakfast #cafes #age #change #joy #chestnuts #grace #compassion #lists #saturdays open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

joy to our world as a child I felt safe sometimes loved often unheard or disbelieved but I always felt joy was my invisible security blanket it still works Cinse Bonino 2025 #childhood #childhoodtrauma #joy #poetry

#shoes #intentions #selfawareness #choices #authenticity #inktober #inktober2025 open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#indigenousrights "We honor the low income people who lived in the housing we razed to create this beautiful and upscale downtown mall. Though we didn't compensate them, in fact we were abusive to them, we remember them today." There, see how stupid this sounds? We must do more than remember.

I choose to live on the edges of this timeline in the blots and smudges bleeding from the sides I appreciate the conveniences of science and commerce but I have traded money for time realizing too many in the rat race have hungry teeth Cinse Bonino 2025 #selfawareness #authentic #intention

seen today... #resist

This morning, as I waited at the bus stop to go meet two friends for breakfast in a small town nearby, the moon was setting in front of me and I could feel the warmth of the rising sun on my back. I felt so lucky. #grateful

demented dreams my mother always breaks the fourth wall even now with so little energy she still plays to the crowd… “she’s such a good person” - she talks about me not to me it feels like love anyway Cinse Bonino 2025 #dementia #selfawareness #love #relationships #mothers #narcissism

Today is my father's death day. My father didn't save my life but he saved my soul. I see him every time I look at how my son loves. Thanks, Daddio, for everything. #fatherslove

fishing not for compliments not as a passtime not for sport not as a hobby not allowed Cinse Bonino 2025 #cruelty

@bsky.app new theory open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/... #aging #theotherplace #awareness #sleep

@bsky.app #bullying #toxicbehavior #blame #awareness #homelessness #substanceabuse #systemicissues #society #schoolshootings #smokingguns open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#adayinthelife #dailylife #lists #joy #gratitude open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

even now it always feels as if the moon is watching over me at night even now when I no longer need it to protect me Cinse Bonino 2025 #moon #protection #selfawareness

#youcansayno #toomuch #whatsonyourplate #myplateisfull #toomuchtocarry #selfawareness open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#takeiteasy #bullies #listening #landlords #problemsolving #substance #livedeeply #gowiththeflow #plumbing open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#friends #fears #grace #imperfectlyperfect #selfawareness #trust open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

gains and losses I gained ten pounds when my sister died I told my mother I knew how heavy my grief was I am pre mourning my mother’s dementia makes her unavailable to me I’ve already put on more than ten additional pounds this makes sense because there’s so much more to carry Cinse Bonino

@bsky.app #uncertainty #awareness #personalgrowth #growth #change open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#wellbeing #selfawareness #processingemotions open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#selfawareness #winning #thegoodlife #joy #aging #now open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#resist #awareness #joy #love #kindness #beinghuman open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#birthingpains #livinganexaminedlife #kegels #cleaningouttheattic #therapy #selfawareness open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/... #selfcare #dystopia

#class #moneyversustime #simplelife #selfawareness #identity #image #authenticity #clotheslines #buses #libraries open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

Mom mail... #dementia

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#dementia #death #mothering #familybaggage #family #narcissism #love open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

you think when righteous indignation and thoughts and prayers are all our country gave to stop the genocides their weapons enabled maybe the current state of our affairs is simply karma Cinse Bonino 2025 #genocide #thoughtsandprayers #karma #awareness #poetry

brace for impact everything cascades a negative word a secret smile the decision to turn left instead of right a hurt ignored dust unattended yeast left too long in a bowl on the counter pretending while your soul cries in a closet being kind to yourself Cinse Bonino #selfawareness #authentic

#awareness #noticing #life #dangling #poetry open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

resurfaced still true how about you? #selfawareness

do you feel me you know those big feelings you have the ones you secretly think no one else has well they do some like you ride on those feelings others clench their butt cheeks trying with all their might to keep them out but it’s a fight they’ll never win Cinse Bonino 2025 #feelings

we made it if we’re lucky when we’re old life will be like a virtual reality game where we’ve found a secret place far from the pings announcing another gold bar snagged or enemy defeated we will plant food walk in nature dance sing and watch as someone builds a giant library C Bonino #aging

#familycurse #strength #vulnerability #personalgrowth #authenticity #poetry #selfawareness open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#walking #people #characters #awareness #noticing open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

weft strung with nerves and sinew the weave of our lives sparkles with colorful joys and tragedies thin and annoying or dark and robust we would be torn asunder without any of them though each threatens to break us Cinse Bonino 2025 #life #existence #beinghuman #awareness #selfawareness

#uncertainty #solidarity #community #hope open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

acorn warnings chicken little was afraid now most of us are too the difference is we’re no longer mistaking acorns for the whole sky some of us still sound alarmist but the very fabric of our democracy is being torn apart thread by thread we need awareness and courage to fall on our heads C Bonino

#authenticity #connections #selfawareness #humanity cinse.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...