I went #ApplePicking today at Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton MA. 🍏🍎 Besides the awesome weather and abundance of good fruit, they also had those classic woven wood baskets available. So, now I’ll have yet another vessel in my apartment that will most likely end up holding craft supplies…

There’s so much more I could say after finishing season 3 of #MidnightBurger but for now, I will leave it at, “Fangs out!”

I found @midnightburger.bsky.social while scrolling for podcasts two nights ago. I’m already starting season 3, and the show is delightful. A wonderful mix of goofs, genuine attempts at connection, and lots of science facts and theories That really scratch the nerdy itch. Highly recommend.

Howdy. For me, updating social media is a practice in overcoming anxiety, that self limitation, that corrective impulse. So, I will share my Ten Words daily writing goal here, somewhat regularly, and updates when an entry is turned into essays or poetry on Substack. Thanks for reading.

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It’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and, like every month, we’re here for our trans siblings. Here’s what we want you to know: ☎️ Gender affirming care is suicide prevention. ☎️ #SafeHotlines don’t call the cops without explicit consent. ☎️ The world is a better place with trans people in it! 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Standing on the beach, Cooled by the last of summer. Filling my pockets With weathered rocks and sea glass Until all I know Is a gently tumbled Joy. #TinyPoem #BeachDay

It's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d

*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

It’s August now, and it would be easier to say that I just forgot to post, but that would also be inaccurate. Between existing here, trying to start a Substack, and doing some non-writing related things, it’s been a busy/ overwhelming time. Here’s to a New start. :-)

As I expected, I read my introduction for the murder mystery party, and then it was a crazy free-for-all. The birthday girl guest, who the murderer was, though, so that feels like a success. 🥳

I wrote three pages of notes for the time traveling murder mystery party I’m hosting for my friend’s 30th birthday, and once I get through my silly intro, either we blaze through all the possible clues and red herrings, or things will immediately go off the rails and we’ll use none of them. 🥳🗡️⏳🔪⌚️🎂⏱️🧨

Meanwhile, this is the most Canadian headline I have ever seen. Never change, my friends. 🇨🇦

Same, medieval dudes. Same.

My Someday Garden Old glass, wobbly and opaque, light reflecting, dimly as I place it in the holes I have carefully dug out. Bottles, cups, glasses, jars, broken and unshattered, or smoothed by the sea, or gone cloudy from old paints, they all have a home here. #TinyPoem

Crawfarlow, what a cool word!

Spent a few hours sorting beads by color while my friend watched Little Shop of Horrors. Now we both wanna #NeedleFelt Audrey II.

Such a cool idea. Now I’m never gonna run out of games to play.

My #SelfCare activity for the day was singing along to the musical, Come From Away. 🎶🇨🇦 My favorite line this time is, “Somewhere in between the pace of life and work and where you're going Something makes you stop and notice and you're finally in the moment!”

@malevolent.bsky.social turns five today. Though I only found the podcast within the last year, it has left an indelible mark on my life. Its horror and its hope gives me a hand to hold on the most difficult days. Thanks for every gutwrenching moment Harlan.

Instead of continuing to overthink this, here’s my first post. Howdy, I’m Lupin, a blind and gay trans guy sharing my writing.