QueensInExile

One of the most difficult parts of exile is that it’s not always voluntary.  When you are not presently exiled, it’s easy to tell yourself that because everything is awesome in your life, everything is awesome in everyone else’s life.  … Continued

Dear #QueensInExile, I shouldn’t be writing to you, I should be writing about bentos for the Herbal Almanac.  But it’s the last renfaires and farmer’s markets of the season.  I had an amazing pb&j french macaron, mums and thread for … Continued

  My Sister Exiled Queens,   I’ve been writing you letters in my head since my last one but I’m always too tired to put it to paper, or seized with a sudden fear that you won’t want to read … Continued

Huddle up, #QueensInExile.  This one is for those of us who are still subject to court life.  If you were an actual medieval queen, think: coming back to court after exile, plotting your escape from court or getting in position … Continued

If you recognize the title, you know it’s a quote from our era’s beloved princess/General of the Resistance, Carrie Fisher.  Up until this point, we have been cautious, sister #QueensInExile.  We left our respective courts in the middle of the … Continued

Everything around me is dying. Relationships, cats, young police officers. Everything. If I really start thinking about it, I won’t get up again. Cells, me, Jow, my mother, my other mother, my best friend. Some are more eminent than others.  Bellatrix Peepingston, … Continued

When I was a nanny, one of the mothers I worked for was easily one of the most beautiful women I had ever met in my life.  It didn’t matter what was going on with S., she always had it … Continued