Rarasaur

LATEST ARTICLES ( 912 )

• Yikes: i Think What i Was Trying to Say

  Yesterday's post was written half-a-gummy in, and even though reading it today makes me cringe, I'm leaving it up because it will remind me to stop taking the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Linocut

  My physical therapist responds to the break up and says I can have a revenge body if I want one. I ask him instead to help me build a forgiving body. I'll need... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Content Warning + Ramble Warning

  I've drank more alcohol in the last couple weeks than I have through the whole pandemic combined, which for the record is still less than two glasses a day. I... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 100/ Exactly What We See

  The fogless mirror in the shower catches a cloud and for the first time, I cannot stare back into my own eyes while drifting into steam-drenched think. A drople... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• to Be Separated into Fragments

  Not this last weekend, but the one before, the boyf and I broke up. I was expecting a shift, but I was not expecting this exactly. In the car, just before... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Splash

  Natalie came by today with fig butter and fresh figs. Abbie mailed me a beautiful wooden board for cards and photos. I walked down the stairs to retrieve both... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• a Cookie’d Joy

  

  In this last month, I've fluttered so close to non-existence that I almost splattered into a rubbish pile of atoms. My therapist recommended against... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Buzz

  My old apartment didn't get flies: I used to say they knew it wasn't big enough for them. This apartment has a tendency toward a buzzing, so I need to buy a... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• i Can Call Them Flowers, If i Want to

  It's been a month since I dropped off the face of the internet, no, the Earth- and I've been thinking about that expression more consistently than almost... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feet Like Bridges

  My feet fit together perfectly, like maybe I wasn't a creature meant to walk at all. What if we got it all wrong? Maybe that's why my hips slip and slide, why m... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Job, Zoom with Me, Etc

  

  I have so many thoughts about my new job that I haven't known where to start. This post is going to be all about it and other every day matters- little to no... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blank

  So often I love the blank page of a blog. I could write anything here. I could write: some plankton can make little clouds above their own heads when the sun... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• on Grief-dimmed Joys

  I haven't felt like myself since Kozo died. I wish this wasn't true. He wouldn't want that. I wish I was better at grief. I've had so much practice, and yet,... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• #PepperDay 4/22 Link Up

  

  PepperDay link up will run from now till March 22nd, midnight PST. Any type of post is welcome, but please make sure content is respectful of all readers. Pleas... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 100 . Five Directions to Me

  Climb out of the Pacific Ocean, where fake islands crown a shore, and a dead boat floats bloated in the distance. Walk four blocks away from the waves. Ask any... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journal 4.4

  Cascarones are bright-colored eggshells, with confetti tissue-paper-sealed into them. The eggs are emptied through a small hole and then washed and dyed. Growin... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• to Steph with Love

  Hi friends, My vibrant friend and fellow firefighter, Steph, is back inside. I know some of you like to send letters so I've asked her if I could provide detail... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jingle, Art, Poetry

  

  Ages ago, Bradley helped me put together a podcast, that I called an audio cast, that I shortened to Oddcast. Because of living situations and limited tools,... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 March Joys

  

  Small Acknowledgement I was announced as a finalist for the Women's National Book Association's Creative Non Fiction contest with seven other lovely humans. I... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Scream

  Sometimes the road seems paved, but you still slip through. You leave a crack in the flooring and think, I'll get to it, but then you don't, and then time... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2021 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION