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Dana's avatar

I don’t think you’re weird at all for going through all you did for Poe and your girls and yourself. I think it’s kind of beautiful. And I’m really glad you had help.

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SleepyHollow, inK.'s avatar

Thank you! I was worried about sharing that and the animal people coming for me. Teo was the hidden hero in this.

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Steve Adams's avatar

It's different and not as extreme, but if it makes you feel better I still have my beloved parrot's bird cage. I've had people tell me that was wrong; I've told them to go fk themselves (okay, not that harshly, but still).

Some of your thoughts here make me wonder if I've forced my pretty woo-woo essay on you, because I'm pretty woo-woo, really. Just built that way. There's an experience at a river when I was young, and then an event, and then madness and the clawing-out-of. For some reason I'm wanting people to read it these days. (I got fan mail about it.)

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SleepyHollow, inK.'s avatar

Please share again, because if you did before I lose track of so many things! (Also memory-speaking.)

Keeping your cage is not wrong either!

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Steve Adams's avatar

Just seeing this and just sent a link to your email.

Ain't nobody taking that cage from me.

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hal samis's avatar

Curious as to why you haven't undressed yourself to the point of revealing how you really support yourself and enjoy the comfort zone of paid health insurance. That "cat" still trapped in the bag. Meanwhile and oblivious of any intended meanness I do confess to enjoying your inimitable writing style; yet also wonder why you let a phrase like "vanishing into thin air" to escape challenge without addressing the alternatives in ink : fat air, heavy air, overweight air -- all of which would be better suited to aiding and abetting vanishing were body shaming not in play.

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SleepyHollow, inK.'s avatar

No secret about my day job, which I mention here often, thanks.

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