Notices by Laura Ritchie (lauraritchie@mastodon.social), page 24

@fgraver that star/favourite is not so much a like as a hand on the shoulder to say that I'm listening to your story. It is so good you could be there to help your mother, even though an impossibly difficult situation.

@wion consider sending some DMs if you'd like to let us know where you are when you do make landfall with a new name

#introductions I find defining me very difficult (I don't do small talk)

At my best I am purple. I might have been a cat once. I wonder what people think. I believe deeply in possibility & in people. I have vision, & dream. I will go far to meet people where they are.

I teach at uni: how to learn, teach, & perform. I play cello & often find my voice there. I am a big advocate of 'open' & write about it. I am still learning.

I love the resilience and majesty of trees, & I'm amazed at the world

@dogtrax if it's a comfort... there is a song. You wrote it and I woke up singing it.

:)

#smallstories

Today I'm going out to lunch in the village. Yesterday I invited someone to join me. He's a dear friend but we haven't sat down with one another in over a year. When I asked, he looked busy, worried about accepting, and worried about declining.

I said- look I have a voucher for a free lunch, so I'll be there anyway. If you feel like turning up, I will enjoy your company. If it doesn't work out, that's ok too.

opening the door to 'let us hear from one another' & just be together

#smallstories

@tim today I needed that reminder. Thank you, Tim. 🌸

@clhendricksbc awww ! poor sweet catty!!

@dadegroot I feel like I should reply to ALL of your food pics/posts with this: https://youtu.be/nGeKSiCQkPw
😋

@fgraver @katebowles

(you got me weeping too)

@Tdorey @katebowles ❤️

@katebowles @Downes Circular, yes, and you can 'find' intent (or receive/make it) where there is none. The circle does not have a defined starting point. I have been exhausted and played my cello for someone (without specific intent) yet the listener often finds plenty as it 'speaks' to them...

@Gargron Nooooooooo! :(

@ShorterPearson that's my birthday - Nov 20th. I'll light a candle for you (and eat cake!)

In the midst of all your stress I hope you can look up, in between breaths, and watch the clouds - even if for a second.

🌸

@wion I used to collect the punched out cardboard holes and shapes from packets of things that are cut out so products can hang on a rack in a shop.

I have no clue why I did that, but as a child I loved having pockets full of little circles and shapes.

#smallstories

@katebowles time is a strange thing. Even when we pause, it's spinning. She's flying and maybe, just maybe instead of being left behind, you're moving in parallel.

It wasn't until after I left that I had a real relationship with my mother. Change can mean good things beyond what we know.

Hope the tomorrows are full of good things for all of you.

In the meantime I hope you enjoy the ones still home in new ways.

I love stumbling across wonderful people here. through a comment on a friends post, I found a blogpost that had this lovely explanation of Mastodon: http://mirabilis.ca/mastodon/

like a trail of flower petals, unexpected and gentle reminders that this is actually a nice place to be. Thank you @Gargron and I don't know you, but still thank you @mirabilis for the post. #Mastodon #thanks

@dajbelshaw wow!

@paralithode that is a beautiful bread!!

On new independence (funny cooking story)

Son is in a flat at uni...
We talked about meals, shopping, and really all was looking good. Then I got a text

How do you get it off?
-um, get *what* off?
The chicken. How do you get the bit you can eat off of the chicken.

(he had roasted a chicken and didn't know what to do with it)

He sent me a photo of a beautiful roast chicken. I sent him a video of how to carve. Now his flatmates love him.

and now he bakes cookies too :)

#smallstories