STRIPPED: The Gods Want Panties

My week in review

SATURDAY: Woke up early to get acupuncture. It’s the only thing that helps me and I often forget because it seems like magic, therefore not a viable or tangible solution for the myriad of bizarre health problems I’ve acquired since having Covid. I also forget about magic, in general. Acupuncture isn’t magic. It’s a science and has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Maybe magic is also a science that just hasn’t been studied enough to be legitimized. The “man” doesn’t want us magical witches to know how much power resides within us. So, to deter us they mock the idea of it as childish, and place it in the same category as sleight of hand card tricks and rabbits in hats.

My acupuncturist is an actual doctor and to heal the inflammation in my gut, she has strongly encouraged me to eliminate many wonderful things from my diet, the most problematic for me, being coffee. Coffee might be my reason to live. We’ll see. I’ve gone a week without it and my symptoms do seem to be…