lunch @lunch
still early, but i've already braised a pot of lotus root, daikon, carrots, and tofu in miso. enough to last the day. got some time now, so i'm jotting this down. outside, a light rain is starting to fall. the dish i left out for the birds is already soaked. no need to water the garden today, so i'll stretch later. if the pot's empty by lunch, i'll make ramen for dinner and save the leftover rice for tomorrow's porridge.
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ways to quietly share on special.fish
- edit lists
- make a log list
- set community based on last night’s dream
- adopt a new username
- change color block avatar to match current mood
- update current location while writing here
- swap featured fish on profile
- write directly into the source
_____ takes time
- writing a mail
- reading a book
- waiting
- a garden path
- tying shoelaces
- a wound
- walking the dog
- yawning
- pouring a cup of tea
- a snail
- chopping vegetables
- resting
i'll lend you my _______
- worn rug
- books and manga
- polka-dotted cashmere socks
- old 3ds, plus the animal crossing wild world cartridge
- downloads folder
- hand + ear
- trees and the comfort of their shade
- my shaggy dog, to keep you company on your walk
- best spot in the park on days i can't come
- favorite hour of the day (which is noontide)
the year in repeats
- iiyo iiyo iiyo by sam wilkes
- i’ll be waving as you drive away by hayden pedigo
- die to wake up from a aream by mf tomlinson
- colonial patterns by huerco s.
- whodunnit by adeline hotel
- hosono house covers by haruomi hosono
- 444 by hemlock
- entrance music by okonski
- a blade because a blade is whole by alabaster deplume
- honey from a winter stone by ambrose akinmusire
- expanding to one by phi-psonics
- the night by saint etienne
these books are so good i’ll read them again
- the books of earthsea - ursula k. le guin
- plainwater - anne carson
- the book of disquiet - fernando pessoa
- braiding sweetgrass - robin wall kimmerer
- botchan - natsume soseki
- rose - li-young lee
- all my cats - bohumil hrabal
- the vegetarian - han kang
- upstream: selected essays - mary oliver
- so late in the day - claire keegan
- hour of the star - clarice lispector
best watches of 2025
- another year by mike leigh
- happy end by michael haneke
- blue gate crossing by yee chih-yen
- red rooms by pascal plante
- plainclothes by carmen emmi
- the metamorphosis of birds by catarina vasconcelos
- millennium mambo by hou hsiao-hsien
- friendship by andrew deyoung
- cow by andrea arnold
- together by michael shanks
- maudie by aisling walsh
- enough said by nicole holofcener
apps that live on my phone
- sun day tracker ~ github.com/jackjackbits/sunday
- joplin ~ joplinapp.org/
- garden ~ internetfriends.llc
- yawn away ~ yawnaway.com
- neko atsume ~ nekoatsume.com
- fish: a tap essay ~ robinsloan.com/fish
- remember mori ~ remembermori.app
- gather ~ gather.directory
- kiwix ~ kiwix.org
- yuma camera ~ yuma.chat
- worrydolls ~ worrydolls.app
- ping practice ~ pingpractice.org
i probably have too many _____
- notebooks
- teas
- pens
- bookmarks
- plushies
- chawans
- expectations
- pets
- lip balms
- mails
- open tabs
- hopes
things i broke this year
- a light cerulean pomegranate brooch with gold-flecked seeds
- a macbook screen
- a large-handled ceramic mug, decorated with layered blue color fields that shift in tone
- a pair of black cole haan shoes
- a mosaic-style giraffe brooch made from recycled materials
- a vintage glass in transparent blue, ideal for a cold beer
things i gave away this year
- books i love — including braiding sweetgrass, journal of solitude, on becoming a person, the hour of the star, human acts
- my coral orange t-shirt with a tiny embroidered message at the bottom right reading “be kind”
- my horn brooch of a bird perched on a branch
- my chunky brown muji pen
- my pink shorts patterned with cute little cats