what's in this email:

Tweetys mean what?

your word matters
broken promises, my biggest peeve

Sometimes knowing what you want gets in the way of finding it

THE HUNT IS IN THE BAG

Stop feeding your pets! but not those pets!

Sunday September 20, 2026

8:20 AM

Greetings you Thinkers,

A semi rushed email from the island in the kitchen because I have to be out this door in 30 minutes.
Today is a Lucketts counter shift day.

Neighbor Betty's celebration of life was good.
They had old pictures and it was fun to look through. At the part where they let people say something about the deceased, at the ones where they let this happen at all, I usually get a knot in my stomach and a lump in my throat thinking about whether I'm gonna stand up and do it or not. I wish I could say I always stand up, but I don't think that is the case.

This time I stood up. What came out wasn't eloquent or everything or exactly what I wanted to say, and I did start to cry which further messed up the words I wanted, for sure. But I'm glad I stood up and said something from me about Ms Betty.
Miss you Miss Betty.

I learned her nickname was Tweety. What did that mean to her?

My Dad had a tweety tattoo. He also had a tweety tire cover on his Wrangler that now sits unrunning and adored in my "white trash" yard with at least one other vehicle I won't part with. I'm not sure what Tweety meant to him. I didn't ask. Or I don't remember if I did.

I got into a state over a broken promise again.
Interesting on the heels of wondering if my perspective is a problem. Terrible thing happened or is it in my head? Perspective. Also just tired of this being a thing. Broken promise, agreement, what you said you were going to do - they're all the same to me.
​Whether what you say really matters or not, I believe your word is nearly the most important thing in the world.

I am also reminded of a recent thing I was saying.. what was it exactly? No time to go looking for it but it was in some email writes awhile back. Something like - I only want to be disturbed by "what really matters". I want to stop taking trips that aren't worth it.

Now thinking again: How to do that? Is it perspective? (+Define worth it.) Is it being more selective about who I allow life to overlap and intersect with? Is it being more "easy breezy" going with the flow-y, or is it something else? What is the else?

Duck is still sick but seems okay, despite constantly thinking he might choke or stop breathing... I have never experienced a dog with a terrible cold. If he's not noticeably better by the time the Pet Urgent Care meds run out we'll be going to the vet here.

Reading yesterday's email, I am reminded that I also wondered: maybe I need to do a Challenge. Maybe Kym needs a Kymology Challenge.

Now back to thinking - what could that be? What might I like to focus on for 30 days.. what do I want to focus on, what do I "need" to focus on...

What if you were asking yourself these same questions?

What does this have to do with you today?

🔺

KG

Yesterday I brought an idea to life.

I have been wanting to make a Things & Stuff reusable bag to sell. With the Lucketts Market coming up, I decided to work up a design combining the market and my doing the market (for the first time!).

"The hunt" is a phrase that is used in the thrifting world. In thrifting/vintage culture, “the hunt” is the experience of searching for something worthwhile when you don't know exactly what you'll find, maybe you won't find anything at all.
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The distinction is:
Shopping usually starts with a thing: I need a lamp; I'll go find a lamp.
The hunt often starts with possibility: Let's see what's out there.

There's a big play on this at Lucketts but I think it's as broad as the vintage thrifting interest. And this is what I came up with for a bag. And you know how I especially love a good double meaning, just like a love a double negative! I'd buy this bag.

- the hunt is in the bag! Are you getting both meanings?

​All the emails in a list ​

standouts / other thoughts

The queen of perspective, is not perspective perfect

How long has it been since I've done my own thing?

A challenge always "fixes" something.

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word of the day

hunt: to search or pursue with the intention of finding, obtaining, or discovering something, even when the something is unknown, undefined, intangible

quote(s) to consider

Sometimes knowing what you want gets in the way of finding it.

and one for peeve (/pet peeve):
Some annoyances become pets because we keep feeding them.
​Stop feeding your pets! but not those pets!

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Things you could know about me:

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

a theme of character: Kym has a tendency of disdain for certain words. ( I should make that list.)
(STARTING THAT LIST: vacation, deserve, hope, need)
defining and qualifying are usually why words end up on this list.

Sunrises are Mom. Sunsets are Dad.

true crime podcasts affect my outlook on life

Mismatched shoes is a me thing; it is not a mistake I walked out the door with.

Watching a dog run on the beach is one of the purest sights of happiness I know.

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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