, Veritas

(apologies to one who gets the joke twice)

There is much I have to be grateful for, not least among them those who refuse to be pushed away because it's what I'm used to. You should know who you are, but specifics of the moment are: a certain Sicilian whom I adore, the ultra, gloomlad, P (who, despite a hopefully short term issue with gender that doesn't really concern either of us is still valued and important, even though I know she doesn't read this), the kindly one, the green man, and countless others that I am too myopic to see at the moment. Of course, none of this would be possible without the influence of the giantslayer, who gives me the world and everything/one in it on a daily basis. For that, I have absolutely insufficient words of thanks.

I have a great deal to be grateful for, and while it feels a little shameful that I realize this under some influence, at least I am grateful from time to time (working on more often, of course).

back here, with different perspective

I'm back to the topic of touch; what it conveys, how/why it's implemented, its contextualization, etc. This time, however, it's not so much a "can I do this/is this OK", but more along the lines of "how/when do I do this", combined with a bit of confusion as to why people don't do it more, whether there must always be some sexual intentionality (as opposed to content; big difference to me) on one or both parts, etc. More than anything else recently, on this topic, I feel confusion, with maybe a twinge of sadness that something so, well, gratifying and nice isn't done more often (both by myself and others). An interesting turn of perspective that felt like it needed to be documented.