Mastodawn

Impulsive Youth Purchase Turned Accidental Buy-It-Once

I bought these Bamboo boots at Cherry Bomb at L5P in September of 2003. I remember they were probably about $100 in a time I had zero business spending $100 on a pair of shoes that were impractical, that I absolutely did not need. I did not need rain galoshes at the time; I probably needed dress shoes for work. Here they are, three minutes ago, in June of 2026. These boots saw me through two winters in Iowa. I remember a guy in the parking lot while I was working at Grinnell Mutual pointing […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/27/impulsive-youth-purchase-turned-accidental-buy-it-once/

seedsignal 20h ago

RE: https://social.cologne/@juergenlibertus/116821382438919182

zazen stare oblique
calm abiding at full rest
duality life

the lens captures perspective
the finger points at the moon

#tanka #appreciation
#haiku4u (embedded)

💎🩵

seedsignal 5d ago

Thank you for the edit button, @Mastodon because between #dyslexia, #dyscalculia, and #hyperverbosity, there's always going to be a typo or five. From here, no thing so smiple it can't be mucked up.

#Appreciation #Haiku4u & #Tanka

often i am wrong
more so i cannot fix it
what a gift you give

i will leave the one above
simple humor and a pun

💎🩵

caroline price Jun 21

Sometimes I Remember What Bending My Spine Feels Like

My body is falling apart. It was happening slowly, then I had a hysterectomy and now it’s happening not so slowly. When I lie on my left side, now my right leg longer than my left, above the knee. Which is interesting, because my legs were measured over a year and a half ago from the hips and that’s not the longer leg. My spine is collapsing in on itself. My hips are contorting, my spine is corksrewing like a single helix, and sometimes when I lie in the bed just right depending on […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/20/sometimes-i-remember-what-bending-my-spine-feels-like/

caroline price Jun 19

On Forgiveness

I had someone repeatedly beg me to “not be mad at me for the things I did,” his words, a while ago. What exactly did he do? Which thing, of the several I’d accused in the past, was I accurate about? I knew what I was angry about, but without an actual confession, with a blanket appeal for forgiveness without the itemized list, what was I to not be mad about? I will never know. That was December of 2024. It took me to October of 2025 to tell him in writing, that, why no, […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/19/on-forgiveness/

caroline price Jun 19

Love is Not Enough

Here is what I know: Love is not enough. Love is never enough. Love is not enough to make a relationship work. It’s just not. And I know, I know: the romantics out there would say to me: What in the world are you talking about? Love can only be enough. But…..this is what I know: Love is just not enough. I know this at a visceral, core-of-my-being. Love is not enough. You cannot love someone into living into their potential. You cannot love someone into actually trying. You […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/18/love-is-not-enough/

seedsignal Jun 15

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hootalex/116755356831043949

tiny wings hover
delicate aerobatics
hummingbird feeder

clever art of prim shaping
callback 1980s tones

#tanka #art #appreciation

caroline price Jun 14

Calming the Ghosts

Jared and I are at Gallery Row, and Jared is engrossed in this work project he has been working on for at least a solid two weeks straight, and for once he was thrilled to call our date a “working date,” despite the fact that most of the time when I want to bring my laptop to Gallery Row to write, Jared says he doesn’t need his laptop; that he is happy to work off his phone. Which, to understand that, Jared has a Google Pixel Fold, so he does actually have massive phone screen real […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/13/calming-the-ghosts/

ItzSil Jun 10

I’m Good

In this poem, I explore the value of art and the often-overlooked struggle of artists seeking genuine support. While I express gratitude for my journey and affirm that I am doing well despite challenges, I also question why society finds it easier to admire art than to actively support the people who create it. Through this piece, I encourage readers to reflect on their role in uplifting artists, recognizing that art survives not only through appreciation but also through meaningful support […]

https://fedhajnrblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/im-good/

caroline price Jun 10

I’m Trying

In 2011, I qualified for SSDI at first application, without an attorney. I started attempting to go back to work in 2018. There have been lots of attempts to return to work at this point, all reported to the SSA. I desperately want to NOT need SSDI. It is NOT fun. It is not an aspiration. They know I have the photography business; I have applied for all kinds of jobs that weren’t ideal fits in desperate attempts to find any sort of employment that would allow myself to work off […]

https://carolineprice.com/2026/06/09/im-trying/