Closeted
Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong (C) 2025. Taken with a Leica Q3. Edited with Luminar Neo.
The True Beauty Trio
What is true beauty? Well, I can tell you it’s not the airbrushed kind that’s plastered all over your Instagram feed. I mean the kind that gets you out of bed in the morning without needing to drown yourself in a sea of overpriced cosmetics. The true beauty I’m thinking of involves three things—humility, grace, […]
Girl in the Middle
I’m not overly fond of Funko Pop vinyl figurines in general. But Tom already had one of the Joker, so I bought one of Harley Quinn, naturally. On a trip to Oneonta, New York, I got the Luke and Baby Yoda (Grogu) figure to complete a trio on our shelf on the porch. I’m obsessed […]
The World is Done For…
“I can see God, walking through the garden and noticing the world is done for, reach down and pick it up and put it on his compost pile. It ought to make a fine ferment.” – E.B. White, from his essay ‘My Day,’ featured in the book ‘One Man’s Meat’ Photo credit: ‘Abandoned House on […]
Noughts and Crosses and Kitties
As Tom got the brand-new Leica SL3-S camera yesterday, she gave me her Leica Q3. Naturally, I wanted to take something really cool with it, and I had an idea of having my vinyl kitties from Sailor Moon – Luna, Artemis, and Diana – doing various activities. Tom suggested tic-tac-toe, and I immediately gravitated to […]
Making Mistakes
I’ve long had this epic struggle with 365-day challenges over the years, always starting at January 1st. Each time, I was lucky to make it to late January, and often not more than a few days. Obviously, I made a mistake forcing myself to start at the beginning of a new calendar. But that’s not […]
How to Choose Your Rabbit Holes Wisely
Overthinking is my mind’s favorite pastime! One moment, I’ll ponder what to have for lunch, and the next, because of some offhand remark I make in jest, I’m contemplating the culinary preferences of 14th-century monarchs. Overthinking is less of a straight line and more of a squiggle drawn by a caffeinated squirrel. Then there are […]
Bathed in Bluelight
Today, let’s take a moment to shine a light – a bright bluelight, to be exact – on our modern-day fixation with backlit screens. Our world has quietly become one in which we’ve become like a gentle flutter of moths to a warm flame, mirrored by our own unending ritual dance around the cool glow […]
Making Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Visible
I personally have suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as ME/CFS, since 2015 when I finished my nearly six months of chemotherapy. Consistently, doctors refused to acknowledge my symptoms as anything besides laziness. It’s lucky that I sought a second opinion, discovered the enormous tumor that should’ve killed me, and started on chemotherapy right […]