Desert Sage Natural

Occasionally I find myself with a blending day where I don’t have anything time sensitive to do and sometimes (though rarely) this coincides with a day where I do not currently have any Ideas that Insist on Existing oscillating frenetically in my mind. This tends to lead me toward the Continue Reading →

This year has been made of years, or so it has felt for me and for many of the people in my social circles, from the inner all the way out to the fringe edges of social media interaction. 2026 is going too fast, too slow, and is full of Continue Reading →

I’ve made a few attempts at making a SereniTea for myself. None of them had managed to do what I needed them to, be something I Really Wanted to Drink, and be things that I could consistently give myself permission to drink daily all at the same time. Raven’s Rest Continue Reading →

  Fandoms are complicated. Sometimes this is about aspects of the content, sometimes it is about revelations regarding the creator, sometimes it is about angry not fans or angry fans or… …and sometimes you have to leave one behind because of things you learn or because of things that are Continue Reading →

Years ago, back before the little blue bird app turned into an example of why billionaires shouldn’t exist, a conversation on it led to the phrase “grey green minty envy.” I’m not sure why that phrase stuck in my head so hard and so fast, but it did, and the Continue Reading →

  There are some coffees that have a complicated story. Others are almost ridiculously straight forward. The Question of Alex is one of the latter, though the ripple effect of the blending of this particular coffee has been impressive. It all started with the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →

  There’s a thing that happens with chronic illness and chronic stress and, as it turns out, recovery from life-threatening events. I call it the “I feel better” experience. Where I really don’t yet, but I feel enough better as compared to the worst of whatever it was that I Continue Reading →

  A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a Discord server revolving around the fan-fiction of a particular AO3 author helped me greatly in the immediate aftermath of what happened with THFKAMT. Unfortunately, for me at least, that server went the way of many places on the Continue Reading →

    The teas for May and June were sent together due to the health disaster mentioned in the recent update posts. They also happened to be blended on the same day. The tea chosen for May was “We’re All Mad Here” – a blend of Darjeeling (Second Flush), Freeze-Dried Continue Reading →

As horrifying as it is, given that it feels like it should still be maybe March as well as feeling like we should be at least a year further into this chaos, it is time to start thinking about winter holidays and shipping cutoff times. Due to my need to Continue Reading →