Conie B

Bench check. Damn. That light is amazing. Filter. None, except the failing camera focuser. #webefalling instagr.am/p/CVTqCJ0FL53/

Dear Unknown Caller, Please leave a message if you’d like me to pickup the phone. I do not talk to strangers. Signed, Me #shoutingintothevoid instagr.am/p/CVRGfO_s8mG/

Complexity Check: listening to #thehymnsocietyofusandcanada interview with #MelBringle (live) and #SweeHongLim (recorded). Making space for … - hymns for (with? To?) relationships with non-human beings (pets?mycelium?) - the effect of minority/marg… instagr.am/p/CVLjMDGlQ6-/

Benchcheck. Two weeks to the halfway point between fall equinox and winter solstice. Is it me or does that feel fast? The cycles of the yearly calendar … I haven’t paid attention in this way before. Does it shift or have I shifted with the cyclin… instagr.am/p/CVJXrkSs-ri/

So grateful for the partnership with @k_a_l_i_mn. Just completed gathering number three of #FreeingRefrains, the second one in their space. Even with the snafus of illness, computers, and transportation (I took a detour into Wisconsin yesterday😝) I a… instagr.am/p/CVGX8Cglff3/

Benchcheck. Car version. Wet rainy fall day. Noonish (if you remove that daylight savings time feature) Outside of an appointment that you thought was in person, but was on zoom. Many planets in retrograde, but the speediest and most notorious for c… instagr.am/p/CU-eqfUFfcC/

Benchcheck. Two weeks after autumnal equinox. What a different 17 minutes make. (Apologies that the subject is not exactly the same in both pix. I think you get the idea though …) instagr.am/p/CUoGqLjM9Kt/

Benchcheck. Nearing midday. Nearly autumnal equinox. Even though my camera lens is probably the culprit of this blurry image more than the broken focuser, it’s still pretty easy to notice the bench is more visible now as leaves start to make their fall… instagr.am/p/CT7eyGllwiU/

Listening and watching this artist talk and feeling so seen as a group of #mixed folks. - Posted @withregram • @midwestmixed Leslie Barlow’s Virtual Artist Talk for “Within, Between, and Beyond” with @artsmia is happening tonight!! The talk will b… instagr.am/p/CT5nFm-M0y5/

Benchcheck. Sunset. Almost halfway to full moon. A week away from autumnal equinox. 20 years and a day since a fateful day in 2001. 2.5 years since leaving a beloved job and community. 18 months since social distancing. 8 months since a handful of belo… instagr.am/p/CTvezBbsAvs/

Benchcheck. Confluence of the Mississippi & St. Croix Rivers, a.k.a. Hastings, MN edition. Early evening into twilight. A little over a week until autumnal equinox. Drawn to this river town downstream from my usual stomping grounds bc social media… instagr.am/p/CToDI2YMwJg/

Benchcheck. Dust. Two weeks to the autumnal equinox. What is coming into harvest? Lessons learned. Fruits to share? As the leaves start to turn, what is turning in you? When will they release from the branch ready to moving into its next life in and … instagr.am/p/CTioWABMsSN/

Benchcheck. Late morning. Nearing fall equinox. Northern hemisphere. instagr.am/p/CTSQ7ZyFsL6/

A different bench. Check. Connecting to land at a different speed. Water too. Feeling the difference between driven by fear, competition, or anger and just feeling my body move in the flow of effort and release, softening the push, and awareness of my … instagr.am/p/CTSNz7wr6C0/

Benchcheck. Are the leaves turning already?!?! Or is the sunlight just right and the shade and shadows just so that it looks like the leaves are yellow. Golden yellow. And am I using a filter or is my phone camera such that the front facing camera wo… instagr.am/p/CTQlaR9sdGo/

A different bench. Check! Three weeks til autumnal equinox. What is shifting in your world? Is it toward more balance? Could the planet be shifting toward more balance at this time? What might that look like? Could it be different than you expect? instagr.am/p/CTQf5SqMzXy/

It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! The recordings of the keynotes from this year’s @midwestmixed conference have dropped! I’ve been looking forward to the day of their release so I could encourage everyone, especially my mixed friends, to watch these t… instagr.am/p/CTQLiQiFPmc/

Noooooooooooo! ‘Tis end of an era and I must move on? 😭 Does anyone has an extra CLIC mug gathering dust? I could help take it off your hands… #cooperationworks #cooperatinglibrariesinconsortium instagr.am/p/CTI92-zshAK/

Benchcheck. Midday. Lightly sprinkling water from above. Moving toward autumnal equinox. instagr.am/p/CTC8-_2lLc6/

A different kind of bench check. instagr.am/p/CSxt5vbs2d4/