In Hookland folklore, rivers and all their tributaries are highways for spirits. For not all souls travel by the county’s corpse roads. Some swim, some float. This makes the confluence of streams and old fords potent places of sorcery, powerful places of peril.

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I’ve thought about this word “chosen” a lot. As many adoptees have pointed out, our adoptive parents did not do any sort of “choosing” in the sense of selecting a baby from a variety made available to them. The act of matching us with our APs was done by an agency employee unknown to us. BUT…

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Went to an antique expo today and found more evidence that cats love to smoke. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1903.

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Something else that should help [process grief] is talking 2 someone who will validate your feelings and tell you, ‘This sucks,’ without trying to fix or mitigate a problem. That can be very healing to have somebody acknowledge that. #thegriefprocess #validation #bewith #notfix

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