It occurred  to me just now that I maybe should utilize this platform more than I already do via this blog. Its not like  I dont enjoy writing.  Ive actually begun writing a memior of sorts recently regailing some bits and bubbles of memory. Unlikely to ever be published beyond these walls. And by walls I mean this blog. Here’s a recent picture of me being all witchy and shit.

So what. What have i been doing? Where have i been? Its been about 6 years since I left my 8 year long home of Baltimore Free Farm. Since then I’ve been taking time for myself. And figuring some things out. I got a house. I live in it with wonderful anarchists. Its 3 blocks from the lake and its nothing perfect but it’s mine. 3 floors that I fill with fellow anarchists. We call ourselves Corvus (corvuscommune.org). Here’s the giant carrot we grew this year.

I feel like I really have a good group in the house now. We’re all working towards fixing things here in one way or another which has been nessicary for this the as is fixer upper that houses us and our aminals.

Im still making art and making music. Always that. I now finally feel I have a dedicated work space for both and can create when I want/need to. Something I have craved for what feels like forever.  But now it seems more permanent. My situation. Like its safe to dig in finally and build my nest. So I am. Ive got my ableton production station and vocal interface working along side my 7 sting elecreic guitar and my little classical acoustic to record with. Ive recently come across many many many packs for ableton. So now my music may begin to level up with hope and luck and time and practice.

Sometime I feel like Im still recovering from my loss of community, albeit I am mostly healed. Good friends who stuck it out with me really helped. It showed me who real people were. Who was willing to talk to me vs who wanted to run with the rumors. Peoples charchter i suppose. Unfortunate how many were lacking in geuine friendship. Community conference (a wonderful convergence of communities and peopleninterested in community) and other such events helped me with that, of which Ive been lucky enough to atttent recently and many tomes in the past. Honestly just being at twin oaks helped me so much in some of my hardest times to relax and come back to whats important to me. Those friendships mean the world to me.

What else. Well Ive been working with kids through a program funded through the ymca called Frogs Fangs and More.  I get to teach kids about reptiles and  help them handle the animals safely. Its the best ever. Sometimes I get to take Freddy. Freddy is my 3 ft long savannah monitor lizard. Hes puppy dog friendly and my pride and joy. Really my best behaved dog. Hes about 5 years old now and fully grown. He lives in a 235 gallon aquarium albeit he is also allowed walks outside when its enough am donside when its not he even gets along with our all 4 of the resident dogs. Additional to Fred there is a basement  “reptile room” filled with several snakes and lizards. The frogs all live up in the lving room as the mostly need tempeture of 70 to 78 degrees and its much easier to maintain that in the air conditioned space in the summer time. I unfortunately learned that the hard way when a heat wave took out all my basement frogs in one day.  Sad story. 3 baby milk frogs 2 baby clown frogs and a Pac-Man overnight were lost and my heart my was broken. The whites dumpy tree frogs in the living room are over 6 years old and thriving. Very dumpy.

So its been good and its been bad and itbhad been inbetween, but it also been interesting thats for sure.  I’ll keep you posted. More or less…