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over the itch

Monday August 31, 2026

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Greetings Thinkers,

Last day of the month. 2 days post Full Moon.

New month tomorrow. September means Fall to me, like June, or is it July?, means Summer.

September means Fall to me but my beach trip is still a SUMMER BEACH TRIP. We leave in 8 days. September is Fall, but September 8th going to the beach is not Fall. I don't know.

Still to do with thinking V doing, the last line in my Morning Pages journal today was this:
"why do I keep not doing what I want to do?"

the poll: are you a doer or a thinker?

no one replied.

Is it because you "overthought" it

Or is it that someone else is calling 911 phenonemnon?
The - we don't act because we assume someone else is. That thing.

over the itch

God forfend, another bug bite or encounter with poisonous plants.

I feel at physical and mental capacity for ITCH. My body has really been through it this Summer. I thought last year was bad for mosquitos. This year has made last year feel like nothing. Or is that just a trick of memory.

so many bug bites, nature has mistaken me for a buffet

so many bug bites, I appear to be locally sourced

so many bug bites, my body is apparently the “house special”

So many bug bites, I make “one with nature” sound threatening.

So many bug bites, nature and I need better boundaries.

I suppose it's a good time to change seasons! My skin needs a break!

🔺

KG

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Count down to the Annual Grove Family Beach Trip: 8 sleeps

word of the day

forfend · verb

An old, slightly dramatic word meaning to prevent, avert, ward off, or protect against something undesirable, to keep away, or prevent (something evil or unpleasant).

old expression “God forfend”, essentially: may God prevent that from happening.

use it: have not been able to forfend myself from nature this season.

quote of the day

One with nature. God forfend.

standouts / other thoughts

You're not really mad, you're sad. - this sounds like it could be a good write.
Also sounds like - don't ever say this to a mad person.

the only reason for not doing something is that you don't want it bad enough. What do you make of this?

Energy to you.

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Things you could know about me:

order: newest adds at the top, older things at the bottom

do counts by sleeps, it's easier that way

When I grow up I want to be useful

half ass doing an something I shouldn't have been doing any ass of

Kymology Philosophy:

if I'm over thinking it, does that mean you're under thinking it?

days make life

among the things that fascinate me most: things we aren't supposed to say or talk about.

I was not a whiskey drinker. I don't know when I become a whiskey drinker. I have hated whiskey and all dark liquor all my life. Now I drink old fashioneds. Who have I become?

You will often find me "wrapping my head around that good thought"

vague. I don't like vague. don't be vague with me, I won't be vague with you. at least not on purpose.

defines WEIGHT as: the quality of the quantity of matter you are carrying

I like to antagonize common sayings and typical perspectives

Everything is a choice and authenticity is supreme.

Reflecting on my life whether it's looking back at the last month or doing a "this time last year" thing, shorter or longer time frames, doing this at all is a reflection of who I am. That I care to consider who I am, who I have been, what I have done, so that I may use all of that to inform what I do and who I am in the present and the future. That I reflect is a reflection of who I am.

running with turtles

I know, I'm a horror to say anything to some times..

when all my identities are umbrellas

I love a good double negative!

Plan in quotes because I'm so averse to "plans" and "goals".

I chunk out my days, to the minute, in Gcal.

I love to putter so if it becomes "I puttered my life away" so be it.

I'm not a cherry picker, of anything. I like to use things that exist rather than start from new or scratch.

I am an ostrich about politics, news, current events, pop culture and media.

I dislike clichés and most positive quotes, under thought things meant well, commonly said quotes and phrases.

Don't tell me what to do, don't ask me "how how are you?" or say "I'm sorry for your loss" unless you want to annoy me or you really, really mean it. And know it can be hard to tell which it is, and I'm wrong not infrequently.

30 Day Challenges are my thing. I have a tendency to make things every day things. This is where 30 Day Challenges come from!

Like yourself. Know yourself. Express that self.
Think about things. Don't feel like you have to dance in the rain to have a good life.
Don't have a plan. Stand for what matters. Read when you want to. Don't smile when people tell you to.
Don't have goal. Tend plants. Leave marks. Do what you say. Change YOUR world. And your mind!
Be a friend and a daughter and a partner and a sister and a dog mom.
In a world full of "accept who you are" messages, don't forget to be a "work on that" kind of person.
Don't put kindness above truth. Try new things. Be honest. Live by ideals. Have some whimsy.
What you do for money matters; strive to like what you do for money. (job)
If you have a hobby you need a life.
Use what attracts you and let what you care about matter!

Peepers are my favorite sound.

Triangles are my favorite shape.

54 is my number.

I never need to talk but thank you for offering to listen.

If you say I'm overthinking it, I'll probably say you are underthinkig it.

why I do what I do: I want to "make you" THINK. I don't mind if your experience and perception of me "makes you" be more mindful, use your brain more, "think too much" or consider something more carefully, or differently, or moves you to be (more) thoughtful or intentional or authentic.

I am a hugger and I mean my hugs.

I don't like to have scheduled things. The days where I have something scheduled are a certain category of feeling. I'm not very fond of pre sign ups, committing to things in advance externally. My favorite days are the ones I call "blank slate days". Nothing scheduled, nothing formally EXTERNALLY committed (I am full of internal commitment and ideas all the time, so no day is truly uncommitted).

use the moons

I love rules and I am a ruler follower.

I like a cup to fill.

So which is it Kym. Do you like wide open clean slate no commitment things?
Or you "need" want and thrive in containers, defined spaces, rules and limits?

Geez what a walking contradiction. A biggest when to which Witch!?

SOC life - what you allow in, turns into what you spend your time on. Can you see it?

Tomb raider hot is my favorite kind of girl hot, my favorite hot to be.

Resources

A link list for quick and easy clicking.

• Exhibit: the: "how do you decide what you do and don't express" doozy
• ​Kymology,com
• ​Substack​
• ​Kymology Youtube​
• what does it mean when Kym sends you a triangle (put a LINK here KG!)

Thank you for being here. Energy to you. 🔺
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Ciao for now!

KG

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