Josephine Robertson
@josephinerobertson.com
I'm a priest, writer, poet, spiritual director, breathwork guide, Jungian influenced CMHC intern & maker of pie. Wonder, connect, love. Https://josephinerobertson.com She/Her.
Oh. Oh gads. My final "capstone project" literally begins with a paper outlining why and how I'm choosing my final project, people you don't understand I have had "showing my exigetical underwear" trained out of me WHY would you do this? (Seriously just let me write the real paper and be done?)
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Oh. Oh gads. My final "capstone project" literally begins with a paper outlining why and how I'm choosing my final project, people you don't understand I have had "showing my exigetical underwear" trained out of me WHY would you do this? (Seriously just let me write the real paper and be done?)
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Perhaps for many around the country. But in Minneapolis, the no Kings and melt ICE movements have significant overlap with BLM. Those folk are righteously angry and grieving not pearl clutching over white ladyhood.
A white mother and U.S. citizen being shot and killed is not what they were sold, and it is a breaking point for many.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Perhaps for many around the country. But in Minneapolis, the no Kings and melt ICE movements have significant overlap with BLM. Those folk are righteously angry and grieving not pearl clutching over white ladyhood.
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Godsdamn. This is where we’re at.
Direct quote: "I have told the clergy... I've asked them to get their affairs in order. To make sure they have their wills written. Because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies, to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Godsdamn. This is where we’re at.
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If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own - which it is - and render impassable with our bodies the corridors to the gas chamber. For if they come for you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own - which it is - and render impassable with our bodies the corridors to the gas chamber. For if they come for you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
Woot, first 5k race in the books and new PR for the 5k, came within 59 seconds of a sub 30 minute time!
January 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Woot, first 5k race in the books and new PR for the 5k, came within 59 seconds of a sub 30 minute time!
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This is such an intense symbolic/archetypal moment.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
January 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This is such an intense symbolic/archetypal moment.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
Explicitly written out.
They killed GOOD.
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Listen: I had cancer in my central nervous system.
Don’t be cavalier about keeping yourself in traumatic arousal.
Don’t be cavalier about keeping yourself in traumatic arousal.
You don’t have to keep watching any death videos. It doesn’t make you more empathic or connected
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
January 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Listen: I had cancer in my central nervous system.
Don’t be cavalier about keeping yourself in traumatic arousal.
Don’t be cavalier about keeping yourself in traumatic arousal.
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Many of us believe there's no greater love than to lay down your life for another. But it's not just about a person's death.
It's mostly about how they live. Who they are.
Renee, her wife, and the thousands standing up against ICE, are literal Good Samaritans. They are Mr. Rogers' Good Neighbors!
It's mostly about how they live. Who they are.
Renee, her wife, and the thousands standing up against ICE, are literal Good Samaritans. They are Mr. Rogers' Good Neighbors!
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Many of us believe there's no greater love than to lay down your life for another. But it's not just about a person's death.
It's mostly about how they live. Who they are.
Renee, her wife, and the thousands standing up against ICE, are literal Good Samaritans. They are Mr. Rogers' Good Neighbors!
It's mostly about how they live. Who they are.
Renee, her wife, and the thousands standing up against ICE, are literal Good Samaritans. They are Mr. Rogers' Good Neighbors!
This was so good for me last year that yeah, I need the break!
One of my favorite ways to start the year is with a social media break. I'll be off socials for the month of January at least. While I will miss everyone, I look forward to this time of more quiet and reflection. Happy New Year and see y'all in February! ♥️
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 AM
This was so good for me last year that yeah, I need the break!
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Also you are currently nearer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra was to the laying-down of the first stone of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so even human time is completely unfathomable to us, let alone the vastly deeper variety.
Follow me for more science-based existential horror in 2026. 👍
Follow me for more science-based existential horror in 2026. 👍
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also you are currently nearer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra was to the laying-down of the first stone of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so even human time is completely unfathomable to us, let alone the vastly deeper variety.
Follow me for more science-based existential horror in 2026. 👍
Follow me for more science-based existential horror in 2026. 👍
Bottom: the onion out meal kit company thought was fine for a recipe that needs a lot of onion. Top, a normal yellow onion (half I used the rest yesterday) from our grocery store. Meal kit company can't figure out why I rarely order a box anymore.
January 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Bottom: the onion out meal kit company thought was fine for a recipe that needs a lot of onion. Top, a normal yellow onion (half I used the rest yesterday) from our grocery store. Meal kit company can't figure out why I rarely order a box anymore.
My horse peeps are really having a blast with the whole 2026 being the year of the horse thing. Don't worry y'all, we're gonna lunge this red mare before anyone gets on, JUST in case.
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My horse peeps are really having a blast with the whole 2026 being the year of the horse thing. Don't worry y'all, we're gonna lunge this red mare before anyone gets on, JUST in case.
*sigh* For a while I've seen lots of PNW folks insisting that everyone should get heat pumps and this Michigander is always like "sure but do not remove your furnace" and now we've got a neighbor w no heat bc yup, got sold a heat pump, told didn't need a furnace and we're below minimum temp.
December 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
*sigh* For a while I've seen lots of PNW folks insisting that everyone should get heat pumps and this Michigander is always like "sure but do not remove your furnace" and now we've got a neighbor w no heat bc yup, got sold a heat pump, told didn't need a furnace and we're below minimum temp.
Well glad I bought the tire insurance when I bought tires, and also didn't have this little adventure on my "last day of 2025" errand list. 🤦♀️ (First time in my life a tire has read ZERO pressure on my tire monitor.
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Well glad I bought the tire insurance when I bought tires, and also didn't have this little adventure on my "last day of 2025" errand list. 🤦♀️ (First time in my life a tire has read ZERO pressure on my tire monitor.
Perfume collector and geek. Time for some perfume education cause there is so much misunderstanding. 1. Perfume is perfectly acceptable to wear. I wear it daily, yes there are folks in my life who are fragrance sensitive, none of them are bothered by my wear because I do it *right* and you can too.
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Perfume collector and geek. Time for some perfume education cause there is so much misunderstanding. 1. Perfume is perfectly acceptable to wear. I wear it daily, yes there are folks in my life who are fragrance sensitive, none of them are bothered by my wear because I do it *right* and you can too.
Literally every other text I get from my mother is some unhinged Threads post about how mRNA vaccines are mutating our genes, and poisoning our water and they are ABSURD and yet she swallows them hook line and sinker and can we PLEASE put age restrictions on social media for the over 80s?
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Literally every other text I get from my mother is some unhinged Threads post about how mRNA vaccines are mutating our genes, and poisoning our water and they are ABSURD and yet she swallows them hook line and sinker and can we PLEASE put age restrictions on social media for the over 80s?
We have finally figured out why Miggy just doesn't eat sometimes... he doesn't like fish. Seriously. Any wet food with fish is a NO from this weirdo.
Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find quality wet cat food WITHOUT FISH at prices that aren't "I am a billionaire?"
Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find quality wet cat food WITHOUT FISH at prices that aren't "I am a billionaire?"
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We have finally figured out why Miggy just doesn't eat sometimes... he doesn't like fish. Seriously. Any wet food with fish is a NO from this weirdo.
Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find quality wet cat food WITHOUT FISH at prices that aren't "I am a billionaire?"
Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find quality wet cat food WITHOUT FISH at prices that aren't "I am a billionaire?"
Well I held off for YEARS but finally upgraded my phone so I could KEEP the old one and I now have a dedicated work phone and NO work accounts/apps on my personal phone and let me tell you that feels good. (Work phone will live in my office on my desk. Because BOUNDARIES.)
December 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Well I held off for YEARS but finally upgraded my phone so I could KEEP the old one and I now have a dedicated work phone and NO work accounts/apps on my personal phone and let me tell you that feels good. (Work phone will live in my office on my desk. Because BOUNDARIES.)
People: Why don't you go home and visit family at Christmas???
Michigan right now:
Michigan right now:
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
People: Why don't you go home and visit family at Christmas???
Michigan right now:
Michigan right now:
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Hey y'all, my friend @tonigatlin.com is training to become a spiritual director & needs directee volunteers! I know Toni very well & trust her deeply. If you could use spiritual support right now, consider working with her. Everyone wins: you get support & you support her too! 💛
Sooo I'm in training to become a spiritual director, and apparently it's best to learn with real directees. 🤭 I could use more volunteers so I'm making a public invitation for the first time. 🙏 Could you use some (free!) (not-yet-professional!) (Jesus-centered!) companionship? 1/
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hey y'all, my friend @tonigatlin.com is training to become a spiritual director & needs directee volunteers! I know Toni very well & trust her deeply. If you could use spiritual support right now, consider working with her. Everyone wins: you get support & you support her too! 💛
This winter has been so mild I didn't even clock that if I want to the barn super early today (really first night below freezing) that the arena would be frozen and I'd be driving home to try again once it had thawed later. 🤦♀️🤞 Guess it really is winter now.
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This winter has been so mild I didn't even clock that if I want to the barn super early today (really first night below freezing) that the arena would be frozen and I'd be driving home to try again once it had thawed later. 🤦♀️🤞 Guess it really is winter now.
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Non W2 therapists - is personal therapy tax deductible? I see conflicting info when I read about it.
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Non W2 therapists - is personal therapy tax deductible? I see conflicting info when I read about it.
Seeing yet more AI news in the feed and I am now firmly in my "OK Herbert had his issues but I now 100% understand the not making a machine to imitate a human mind absolute law and I am ready for that please."
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Seeing yet more AI news in the feed and I am now firmly in my "OK Herbert had his issues but I now 100% understand the not making a machine to imitate a human mind absolute law and I am ready for that please."
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Doing the old Christmas season tidy (what is that just a priest thing?) and found a box of books in the garage that I don't think has ever been unpacked. We have been here 11 years now. 🤦♀️ Grandma used to joke about funny ways to clear the WHOLE house out and start over, I get you now Grandma.
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Doing the old Christmas season tidy (what is that just a priest thing?) and found a box of books in the garage that I don't think has ever been unpacked. We have been here 11 years now. 🤦♀️ Grandma used to joke about funny ways to clear the WHOLE house out and start over, I get you now Grandma.