Things are so fucked right now that I don't have it in me to get into any of it, y'all. Instead, I'll just make a few brief remarks on some things that are currently buoying my spirits.
-The poetry of Brazilian communist Lila Ripoll, which I read a little of each night before bed and will begin translating here soon.
-The music of Ayloss, particularly his projects Mystras and Auriferous Flame. His strident anti-fascism means more than ever these days.
-Feeding the handsome black and white cat that comes by once or twice a day. We call him Kino. He doesn't really want anything to do with us, but it's nice looking out for him anyway.
-Darjeeling tea. I drink a lot of tea, and a lot of kinds of tea; when it comes to black tea, I've been a Ceylon partisan for a while, but after finding some particularly good Darjeeling offerings from Upton Tea Imports, I've been really enjoying it as a change of pace.
-Neko Atsume 2, because it's the most pleasant cellphone-related thing in the universe.
-Film photography. I never learned how to take a proper photo with a real camera, but I worked in a photo lab over 20 years ago (where I didn't learn how to develop film manually, either), and I've been shooting film more or less ever since. I use cheap, simple cameras―the Reto Ultra Wide and Slim has been my favorite for the past three years—shoot on Catlabs or Lomography film, and get it developed and scanned at FLATS. I should probably post some of my photos to this blog.
And a whole lot more, believe it or not. Shit is hard and about to get way harder, but fuck caving in under the weight of it all and letting the fascists win. I hope y'all are holding up, and that you've found your own things to enjoy as the world threatens to devolve into the stupidest, ugliest kind of fascism. Stay safe, and stay free.
P.S. I wrote this almost a month ago and apparently didn't include a title. I'm updating it on March 10, 2025, with tags and a title.
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