Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbxrUtLOIZ0

«Well we guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when Christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why there are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus»

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@Lady I feel like this photo confuses more than it clarifies

We’re right at the northernmost edge of the maypops native range & our plants are still building up their rootstock which slows them down a bit

But since global warming saw fit to grace us with a sixty degree December, our plants hung on just long enough to actually get a crop!

@Lady this is the most alarming photo of a kings cake i’ve seen in a long while

@felineforestmedicine@mstdn.social thanks for the tip!

@felineforestmedicine@mstdn.social i’m glad i could point you towards something useful! It’s definitely good for people where you just want something straightforward

And yeah ASL & other sign languages are really fascinating — one of my cousins is Deaf so I know a little but not as much as I’d like (they don’t live nearby so we mostly mostly just text anyway). I hope you enjoy exploring the language :)

@felineforestmedicine@mstdn.social i have this necklace: https://www.etsy.com/listing/247765213/communication-necklace-batteries-pastel? (the shop also has a couple other designs for similar concepts — i like the ‘health bar’ one with different numbers of hearts)

Combined with a ‘hey sometimes I get overwhelmed which makes it difficult for me to talk’ convo I’ve found it works pretty well.

I’ve also found that text communication is easier for me sometimes (and harder other times) so I’ll sometimes send ‘just fyi I’m not talking today’ texts to people with instructions that they should also text me if they need something instead of trying to talk to me in person

Some of the people I know who go nonverbal more regularly have learned to sign and found that it’s more frequently accessible to them, but that requires a *much* higher level of commitment from both you & the other parties bc you’re all learning a whole new language. But it’s not too hard to learn a handful of signs / how to fingerspell without really getting into the grammar if that’s something you’d like to try out. Plus it might come in handy if you make any Deaf/HoH/nonverbal friends!

@mlemweb@octodon.social congrats!!!

@Lady Missionary bibles were frequently KJV translated into whatever language rather than original translations from source