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How Far, These Tiny Hands

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on November 22, 2024

Today I look at my hands
My tiny, small, woman’s hands
And run fingertips over the
Small callouses beginning to form
The skin beginning to dry
And crack in places
And I feel happy
For everything I can do now
All these things that younger me
Wouldn’t even dream of

November 22, 2024

I will not engage with this.

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 16, 2024

I have had enough with being met with angry responses to my attempts to be helpful, kind, and considerate of others.

I will no longer engage or pursue. I will distance myself. I may forgive sometimes, but I will not forget. 

Those who bite the hands that appreciate them can get absolutely fucked.

What do I do when the writing is no longer enough?

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 15, 2024

I guess the only thing I can do is find something else.

Maybe addition is not the answer. Good design is typically subtractive, not additive. Design my life – what needs to go?

Maybe remove something before adding something. Not enough breaths in the day.
What do I do when writing is no longer enough?
Maybe adding an alternative is not the answer.
Maybe subtraction is the way.
“The best design is subtractive”, I once heard.
In the design of my life, what could I let go?
What would bring peace in its absence?

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