tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482 A Cactus's Home on Dreamwidth Cereus 2017-02-04T19:43:04Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482:13897 2013-01-05T02:58:18Z 2013-01-05T02:58:18Z Healing public 2 I'm still alive.<br /><br />For those of you on DW that I&nbsp;converse with - I haven't been ignoring any of you for personal reasons.&nbsp; And I still will post sometimes.<br /><br />But I realized something - using words takes a toll on me.&nbsp; A big toll.&nbsp; And right now I am studying at University - which means that using words is at the *heart* of many of my duties as a student.&nbsp; So by the time the semester ended, I had to take a break from all of that - to avoid going down in flames.<br /><br />But the other side to this (the <strong>Good</strong> side). Is that as soon as it was all over,&nbsp; as soon as I stepped back,&nbsp; Parts of my emotions, <strong>joyful, connected parts</strong> that I hadn't felt all autumn - they came back.&nbsp; Slowly and with a *lot* of pain sometimes.&nbsp; But they came back.<br /><br />Just wanting to say that these things are not lost forever.<br /><br />Burt school is pretty close again, so I might not be posting or replying very much.<br /><br />But I still care about you all and wish the best for you this new year.<br /><br />And happy new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baktun">Baktun</a> to you all!<br /><br />May the <a href="http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sixth_World">Sixth World</a> treat you well and bring you what you need.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cereus&ditemid=13897" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482:11467 2011-11-02T04:21:32Z 2011-11-03T15:23:59Z refreshed public 1 Nov 1st is Autistics Speaking Day!<br /><br />Since I'm not particularly word-based right now and so much of my experience of autism is the world outside of words (and the connections and joys that go with that),&nbsp; today is going to be a picture day.<br />This is a celebration in photos:<br /><br /><img src="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x342/cereus_mreads/reflection-1.jpg" alt="reflection of sky in a little puddle" /><img src="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x342/cereus_mreads/lizard.jpg" alt="lizard blending in sand" /><br /><img src="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x342/cereus_mreads/wonder.jpg" alt="the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious it is the root of all art and science -einstein" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cereus&ditemid=11467" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482:11159 2011-10-31T14:59:33Z 2011-10-31T14:59:33Z excited public 1 <p><a href="http://therithere.comicgenesis.com/d/20051031.html"><img src="http://therithere.comicgenesis.com/comics/20051031.GIF" alt="" /><br /><br />From a comic called Theri There</a></p> <p>(Image description: A bunch of people in business clothes far in the background.&nbsp; In the foreground, a tiger stripping off a business suit with a look of confidence and joy. The words: &ldquo;Halloween is when our costumes are taken off&rdquo;)</p> <p>Happy Halloween to everyone.</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cereus&ditemid=11159" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-10-05:655482:8336 2011-06-21T05:30:52Z 2017-02-04T19:43:04Z ecstatic public 4 Paul Muldoon is an Irish poet who is living and working now.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://cereus.dreamwidth.org/8336.html#cutid1">Hedgehog by Paul Muldoon</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />Also a Happy Belated-by-almost-a-month Birthday to Walt Whitman<br /><a href="http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/index.html"><br />http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/index.html</a>&nbsp; -&nbsp; a link to an Online Copy of Leaves of Grass, a large book of his poems.<div class="poem"><div style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">&nbsp;</div></div><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://cereus.dreamwidth.org/8336.html#cutid2">From Leaves of Grass</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="-1"><br /></font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cereus&ditemid=8336" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments