the Work – Page 6 – the Infinite

a four-panel webcomic featuring a mouse and a bird. in the first panel, the mouse says 'nothing is perfect.' in the second panel, there is a closeup of the bird who says 'what about the beauty of nature?' in the third panel, there is a closeup of the mouse, who says 'I AM nature.' in the fourth panel, the mouse says 'and yeah, I'm beautiful, but I make mistakes.'

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I tried so hard and got so far

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

I can do my best but that never means it’s going to have been enough to keep the monster under the bed from escaping so that it can’t eat anyone.

a purple-pink starry sky. a small comet streaks across. the foreground is a dark silhouette of mountains.

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Rocannon’s World, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

Choice without accountability is cowardice. It is to lie to yourself and to others.

an intense photo of the milky way across a starry siky. mountains are silhouetted against the sky in the lower third of the photo.

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one more light

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

And in the meantime, I’ll listen to Chester Bennington sing my favorite song, in his beautiful voice from beyond the grave, and I will keep looking for the choi...

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february 17th journal

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

I’ve finally started asking for feedback on my death doula services page. I still need a name for the service, but the more important thing is WHAT IS IT ...

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january 5th journal

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

It’s Tuesday, which is phone call day, so I had a bit of phone time with my soon-to-be-twelve-year-old. And ordered her birthday gifts so that at least so...

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january 2nd journal

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Nix Kelley / 0 Comment

I don’t know about you, but two posts two days in a row is NOT NORMAL for me. I’m just going to go with it for as long as it lasts, and if/when I fa...