for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
π grief tending in good company [poetry workshop] this Saturday 5/17 at WordHaven in Sheboygan, WI
βKP Kaszubowski
for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
// POMANDER April 26βMay 2, 2026 Item [1]: Antique silver pomander, South Kensington Museum (date unknown) Engraving from The Art of Perfumery The ring serves as pendant to a lady's girdle. When the cap unscrews, the pomander falls into six cores, each hinged to a central column. A slide opens at the angle of each core for the insertion of fragrant powders, camphor, vinegar on sponge. What you carry against your body, what opens only when you want it to, what keeps the world at a distance...
Hello Friend, Your Moon doesn't care what you told everyone you're capable of. It knows what's true in your body. And most of us override that signal a hundred times a day. We say yes when the body said no. We push through when something pre-verbal already registered: stop. And then we wonder why we're burned out, resentful, or can't trust our own decisions anymore. Physician Gabor MatΓ© writes that we learn to silence the body's No to maintain belonging (When the Body Says No, 2003). In...
Howdy <3 s'been a bit since I've sent an email. A lot has happened since ;) Allow me to make a case for approaching your personal astrology as parts work... I've spent years learning astrology β studying dignities, house systems, aspect patterns. I can tell you about your chart in exhaustive detail. But somewhere along the way, I felt that knowing about the chart and having contact with it are two entirely different things. Contact means you don't just know your Venus is in Capricorn β but...