HeyJaredThe Slobbered Keyboard
I write about grief, hospice, death, mental health, neurodivergence, creativity, art, and the enduring love I share with animals.
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The most important kind of memory (opens the original)
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Sensory memory is memory related to what you experience through your senses.Episodic memory is the memory related to the things that happen in your life. It's what most people think of when they thin… Read more
Replaying what happened can help with processing (opens the original)
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I write this on September 10, 2026. It is the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.Stories, memorials, and tributes have been circulating for days.People are retelling the stories. Organizations are republishing stories they ran years ago - sometimes with a bit of freshening and sometimes not. The photos and videos are making the rounds.I don’t feel like I need to take all of this in. Not because I don’t care, but because I feel like I have processed what I can of this event and its m
The grief tax (opens the original)
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Grief is the price you pay for love.Argh.Like it's some sort of penalty. Punishment from the gods. A payment in exchange for services rendered.Grief and love, or more accurately, attachment (because you can grieve all kinds of attachments, including the really crummy ones), do hang out together. That's because grieving is the process of adjusting. Grieving is learning how to live life after access to a resource, ability, identity, or relationship has changed.Grief includes ups and downs, twists
The broken and damaged stuff has stories (opens the original)
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Most of the durable items I purchase are used. That has been my preference for as long as I can remember.It’s nice for someone else to pay full price and deal with the depreciation. It’s nice to continue to use what is already available rather than using resources to make new stuff. It’s nice to have something with a little character already so I feel less anxiety about adding scuffs, dents, or whatnot.I recently purchased a used puzzle game. In the store I did a quick check for the pieces and i
Crow bros (opens the original)
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In April I committed to extending friendship to the crows that share the forest where I live.I’ve lived in this house, and in this forest, since 2001. Crows have always been here. I’ve never been swooped or harassed in any way.<img alt="Forest of deciduous
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