This is Kuro, the gray Japanese bantam. All she wants is to run up your arm and nestle under your chin.

I have popped a rib out again. Just to shake things up, I went with my right side instead of my usual left. If you have to interact with me in the next few days, I may, on occasion, make sudden spazzy motions or noises which are mostly out of my control. Sorry about that!

Preconcert selfies! Man I love this show <3 And these people!

Connor made cupcakes, so he's off the hook for not looking at my rash. We'll see what Viktor does to redeem themself.

So I thought I had a supportive, loving family, but this morning neither of the kids wanted to see the rash in my armpit. :(

Please don't give this woman any more money, or platform opportunities. She is a stain.

Whether it's a wisp, a chunk, sprinkled throughout, or all your head has to offer, gray and white hair is lovely! It's distinguished, determined, bold, and handsome. It looks wonderful on those of you graced with it. I just wanted to tell you, in case no one else thought to.

We all must take a dust bath right now, and it must be in the same nine square inches. This is the way.

What would we do without the internet?

"You missed a spot." - Angel

On the way to school this morning, I shared the IKEA name thing with the kids, who weren't really as excited as I was about it. I told them my names, expecting that they would want to do theirs, too. But they didn't immediately jump in, so I did theirs for them, which I guess they

I met this man 24 years ago today, and we've engaged in shenanigans as often as possible since then. Happy Meetaversary, Tyme!

The cinematography of Adolescence is whoa! It looks like it's basically done in one long-ass take. :o

How come lower-income red folks aren't into taxing the rich? Especially if it could mean lower taxes for them?

Today, I went to the grocery store for some necessities while braless. Incredibly, the world did not end.

We made some pretty big steps for Connor today. It's nerve-wracking, but it's good. Now we wait. <3

So I guess I've just always assumed that, if you are a friend of mine, then you understand and are supportive of my decision to "allow" our children to transition. But I've run into a couple of awkward situations that have called this assumption into question. That's naivete

And a metric butte-tonne of royal icing. :o

Retirement is going awesome! Just baked 90 cookies. <3

We didn't hit our kids to teach them to respect us. We didn't shame them, punish them, or threaten them into submission. All we had to do was model respectful behavior, to them, to one another, to strangers, and to friends. They learned how to do it by watching us. Of course they had slip

Oop!

It feels weird to have the same amount of anxiety over potentially not being in a musical group and possibly having to move to another state (or country) to protect our family. Why do I bother caring about the music part at all when our safety and well-being are at stake?

It's fine. I'm sure no one wants to know when or where the next cat 5 hurricane is hitting. It's fun to guess, right?

I don't want to say my new meds are working yet, but I will get excited that I'm on my first multi-mile walk since Thanksgiving. Fuck yeah!

Hey Babe, I have an idea for a kitchen upgrade.....

Two days old! All seven are so sweet and so happy in their new space. They all go at the same time to eat (food is all the way on the right) then back to the left, where the light and water are, to nap and purr. They will come to your hand if you reach in, then all snuggle underneath it.

It's been a minute since a posted a bassoon-ie. I just love when I get to join the beautiful English Horn on her solo. I can't wait to hear this piece on the stage!

Tonight's protective hairstyle is serving "Temu Sisterwives"

Period-havers.... Do your cramps ever extend to weird places? I can feel mine all the way down in my calves today. 🙁

I. Am. Gobsmacked. Awestruck. Speechless. The U.S. Army Chorus marched into the White House Governor’s Ball singing “Do You Hear the People Sing”!?!?

A Little Sad Ginormous News: When it comes to farm life, with the wonderful, you sometimes have to take a bit of bitter. We've had eight eggs successfully hatch, which is great, since two weeks ago we weren't sure we had any viable babies. However, the last one to hatch, a purebred Indio Gigante,

Sometimes you just gotta....

Chicks with dice. Gamer babes?

Ginormous Chicken Adventure update: The Embiggening! The first purebred Ginormous Chicken, Number 7, has hatched! See thread for a video of them pushing their egg open. Their little wingtips are white! Viktor was sent 10 Rhode Island Red/Indio Gigante crosses (darker eggs) and

These two put themselves in the Get-Along Box

Heh.

Ginormous Chicken Adventure update: The Fluffening! We now have five bebes peeping and stumbling around, with two more pecking out. The original hatchling, Number 9, now named Makita 35 Pound Demolition Jackhammer, can be seen on the far left with a little red dot on their head.

I've done a Musk and copied your idea...

Welcome to the outside world, Number 9! You're hideous and we love you! <3

Ginormous Chicken Adventure, Eggwatch 2025: The Peckining Number 9 is set to hatch first!

Tyme's hobbies are getting out of control.

Sound up and listen close.... Ginormous Chicken Adventure update! PEEPING! This morning, Viktor and Tyme took the eggs off of the automatic turner, as you're supposed to at day 19. Immediately, several of the eggs started to wiggle and peep! This suggests they are within 24 hours of hatching.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

Nine years ago. Some of you didn't know me yet when I was still doing henna, but it was my whole life for about 18 years. I miss parts of it - meeting new folks (like Jenny!), the other artists (who are generally wonderful people), and the zen of mixing and applying the paste.

I've gotten much better about this over the years, especially as I've come to realize that it can be exhausting to try to give someone like me a compliment. I had to practice restraining myself from arguing with them about why I don't deserve it, or degrading myself in some way to counteract it.

Two things about me: I am all right with being the least educated person in a room, and I don't like gardening, but I wish I did.

The kids have ruined my spotify algorithm with their Gen Z searches.

This guy <3