DeAnna Knippling

Kayaking <3…Getting triggered so hard one can’t let oneself know one was triggered…one’s area of care. Adventures du jour! I went kayaking on Saturday! I keep feeling like I shouldn’t brag up the winter weather here in Tampa, but I won’t really be able to say anything nice about the weather come summer, so I’ll […]

How to warp a kid’s sense of taste…combating silence: building wittiness. Adventures du jour! I’ve been thinking about my literal sense of taste lately. When I was a wee thing, I sucked my thumb. Which my mother *hated.* She did all kinds of things to try to get me to stop (short of being supportive,

Who benefits from silence? Adventures du jour! I got hit by restlessness last night and went out for a walk to the Most Favored Tree, then had the brilliant idea of calling a friend to talk while I was out there. It was excellent. Afterwards I walked a little further and sang in the dark

The challenges that make everything else seem easier Adventures du jour! New year, new perspectives. (One hopes.) Personally, I don’t do a lot of assessment for the year until February, on or about Groundhog Day/Imbolc/Candlemas. I find it more meaninful for stomach reasons, as in, about then, my stomach goes IT’S SPRING EAT ALL THE

Tampa Zoo…Feeling “fine”…ChatGPT AI…BigBug Adventures du jour! Ray and I went to the Tampa Zoo yesterday. It’s set up VERY well! But, alas, eventually I ran out of people juice, and we left before dark so we didn’t get to see much of the holiday lights. The day before yesterday, I was *feeling* fine but

A pome for insecurity. Cleaning out emails, I found a poem I wrote on one of the days where I was horribly stuck. Worked. … Dear selfWe are insecure today;It is ugly. Brutal grinding fills our stomach.Not hunger. A millMade of wood, grinding itself to sawdust. Today: every cruel thing I say to meIs a

Holidays…Ray goes nuts on potatoes…watching videos as weirdos…stuff vs. experiences…reread on favorite manga, Fruits Basket. Adventures du jour! I took the last few days off and didn’t work on fiction or do any business-related activities. Inbox = disaster. Probably I’d be better off using the time I’m going to spend writing this in starting to

Attack of distractions – letting go of my psych doc – what Floridians think of as “cold” – dance: shifting weight and balance. Adventures du jour! I am struggling to concentrate on writing fiction today: All the yoga. All the difficult books. Worked on secret project for an hour. Wrote for two hours on a

Story done, mental crash – the ideal hair stylist – a Ray day in Gulfport, FL – candied jalapenos – the perfect book Adventures du jour! Yesterday was supposed to be “a day off” but really wasn’t, and today I’m going to crash whether I like it or not, I guess. Yesterday: I had three

Isometric exercises…agonist/antagonist muscles…writing process: using others’ expertise…AI and tech drama…liking yourself vs. bragging. Adventures du jour! Isometric exercises: the results are promising. So promising, in fact, that they have spurred me to take the morning off yoga and have a minor moral collapse so I could do a Panera bagel run. I am sore and