A long form post from last year pointing towards my entry into trans-feminine space. 6 months later I buy my first lipstick.

I am one of those few people who actually enjoys homemaking. Certainly, I am one of that even rarer species, a cisgender man who actually enjoys housework. Vacuuming and tidying up is rewarding to me because it makes order out of chaos on a weekly basis. Folding laundry is a mindfulness practice as far as I am concerned. Cooking is a spiritual practice of deep devotion, and feeding someone a profound act of love. Doing it daily is a devotional practice of love.

Today’s look…

This dinosaur figure is part of an exhibit in a gallery dedicated to limited edition collectors plastic figures.

The truck at the end of the line has been sitting there with a flat tire for months. In the last week or so the otherer two have joined it. Old pickup truck convention?

The Feminine Mystique - Wikipedia

Re-reading The Feminine Mystique.

Homemaking and nurture should not be woman’s only option. Even so, I get the strong feeling that Betty Fridan felt deemed homemaker and nurturer to be an inferior thing to devote one’s self to. In my opinion, the majority of professions available to men, and now women, contribute to the rapacious nature of capitalism. Homemaker and nurturer seems a superior pursuit in that regard. Just as indigenous wisdom offers a superior planet management system. How would things look if Feminine and Indigenous Mystique ruled?

Today’s look…

Did some shopping today…

Bought these sandals to go with them…

Best Chive Pesto Recipe - How To Make Chive Pesto

I have a bumper crop of chives. Trying this out for dinner tonight. Doubled the amount of Parmesan.

Wanting to use my plentiful chives for more than garnish I made this Chive Pesto in just a few minutes following the technique for most pestos. I discovered the chive taste became more pronounced in the pesto than as an addition to salads and eggs in it’s pure form.

Just changed my pronouns from he/him to he/she, him/her… I don’t feel like they.

April 22, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Growing more hopeful…

With the passage of the national security supplemental bill through the House of Representatives on Saturday, _Punchbowl News_noted today, President Joe Biden became the winner of this Congress. When the Republicans took control of the House in January 2023, they vowed to impeach Biden and members of his Cabinet, overturn the signature legislation the Democrats had passed in 2021 and 2022, and force the Democrats to accept draconian immigration policies.

… none of which they have been able to do…

Today’s look…

Today’s look…

Every day I make a selfie or 2 or 3 of my look. I found the beaded headband at France Luxe. Lipstick Clinique Bamboo Pink.

When the soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and steps into it.

–Meister Eckhart

Every day I assemble a selection of images of women as inspiration for my feminine within. The above is a screen shot of search results returned By Deviant art for “fashion photography.”

I have been struggling with writing any kind of long form post about my journey into trans-feminine space. So, instead, I will focus on micro posts. Maybe they will build into something.

April 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson

A lot of good news in this HCR post, though I would have liked to see the Israeli aid have some strings attached.

The reiteration of the bipartisan nature of the vote suggests support for the idea that the breaking dam refers not just to the national security supplemental bill but also to the power of MAGA Republicans more generally. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) suggested this interpretation in an interview today with Ryan Lizza of Politico.

… i have been waiting for this moment… the moment MAGA idiots start to become irrelevant…

The color of theis bicycle tire rim is just amazing… reminds me of watermelon…

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-1…

Civil War history lesson…

“Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish,” he said. 

“And the war came.”

… are we in a moment where history repeats itself?…

Did you know? That the iPhone photo app automatically identifies plants and flowers? Not people though.

“Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.”

— Tao Te Ching (Coterie Classics) by Lao Tzu a.co/6GY2HoF

… in yoga, there is grounding, out of which grows the lightness of a pose, and the stillness between poses out of which a new pose materializes…

Hmmm… $10 bag of potato chips… imported from Spain… i asked what distinguishes them… they’re from Spain, cooked in Spanish olive oil… i am tempted… but decide not to… but only because i will eat the whole bag in one sitting if i open it…

One more colander view, this one near 93% totality, which is as good as it gets where we are. I was able to get a set of interval shots with my Nikon.

The colander view…

Eclipse viewing and recording supplies…

April 7, 2024 (Sunday) - by Heather Cox Richardson

… the struggle over the use of public lands continues, and now the Republicans are standing on the opposite side from their position of a century ago. Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump presidency, demands significant increases in drilling for oil and gas. … But it takes that advice even further.

It says a second Trump administration “must seek repeal of the Antiquities Act of 1906.”

Inspired by Guido Guidi’s book, Lunario, I made these images today while thinking about the solar eclipse that will happen later today. It will be about 93% total for us. Will try to get some pictures to share…