Album cover for Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos. White background with "TORI AMOS" in large weathered wood-block letters across the top. Centered in the middle of the cover, a small square box contains a photo of a young woman with long curly red hair, crouching barefoot in a confined wooden space, wearing a blue outfit, with a tiny toy piano at her feet. She looks directly at the camera. The album title Little Earthquakes appears in small italic text below the box.

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I've been listening to Little Earthquakes on repeat for a few weeks now. The whole album. In order. Without the later bonus content that appeared with various reissues, like someone decided the perfect thing needed to be longer. This is unusual for me in two ways, and I was about to explain both of them … Continue reading 4:38am…

Two paint-covered hands held open, palms facing outward against a bright yellow background. The hands are smeared with blue, green, red, and brown paint across the fingers and palms.

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I've never been able to satisfactorily explain this, but I don't like to be touched. Unless I do. And by never been able to satisfactorily explain it, I mean to anybody. Including myself. People sometimes think or feel in huge generalities. I niche down. The big space is too nebulous for me. There are maybe … Continue reading unless I do…

Two tarot deck boxes sit on a dark wooden shelf in front of a deep red velvet cushion. The larger blue box reads “H.R. Giger Tarot,” and in front of it leans a smaller, well-worn green box labeled “The Robin Wood Tarot.” The edges of the Robin Wood box are softened from age and use, and the photo is softly lit with a shallow depth of field.

saving things…

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I remember the first time I ever saw a deck of tarot cards. I was a teenager standing in the back corner of Vacaville’s Lesbian Bookstore. Next to a case full of silver pendants with all sorts of mystic meanings, leather-bound journals that looked primed to receive and contain life-giving knowledge, and a rack of … Continue reading saving things…