Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
Writer & Tea drinker | Poetry, prose, essays, SFF and literary | www.ozarkmisfit.com |Absolutely all opinions are my own not my employer’s.
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Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Hi! I am a Missourian. My greatest hits include “Queer and BIPOC folks live in rural America” “stop trading solidarity for ideological purity” “love your neighbor, yeah that jackass” and “beauty is everywhere, just like pain.”
Sitting awake in a quiet, winter night always reminds me of growing up on our farm. Waking up in the dark for deer season or standing vigil with a pregnant mare or watching my parents lumbering in coveralls feeding and watering cattle before dawn or my father coming in from coonhunting, near froze.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sitting awake in a quiet, winter night always reminds me of growing up on our farm. Waking up in the dark for deer season or standing vigil with a pregnant mare or watching my parents lumbering in coveralls feeding and watering cattle before dawn or my father coming in from coonhunting, near froze.
So when I get new followers that make no sense with my mutuals and interests, and post almost all political stuff, I assume bot or troll and block. Is that wrong?
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So when I get new followers that make no sense with my mutuals and interests, and post almost all political stuff, I assume bot or troll and block. Is that wrong?
Every Thanksgiving I will send this. Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you and yours little bloodshed at your family table!!
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Addams Family Values, Thanksgiving Play at Summer Camp, Full Scene
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November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Every Thanksgiving I will send this. Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you and yours little bloodshed at your family table!!
youtu.be/29XhRfrfsOk?...
youtu.be/29XhRfrfsOk?...
But however will we addict people to more and more AI horseshit if we can’t get them to buy the things that use the AI horseshit? It’s the EEEEEEECONMMYYYYY. We need you to be good little thoughtless consumers!
This will never be me - I bought an M4 Mac Air just before my book tour - but I think the premise of "device hoarding" here is ridiculous. With every major purchase, buy as well as you can and then use that thing until you can't use it any more. That's just sensible.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
But however will we addict people to more and more AI horseshit if we can’t get them to buy the things that use the AI horseshit? It’s the EEEEEEECONMMYYYYY. We need you to be good little thoughtless consumers!
This morning our Bishop visits our church, and I have sponsored our altar flowers in honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. They are white, pink, and blue and beautiful. We will honor TDOR in the Prayers of the People. Grateful for this opportunity. #tec🕯️
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This morning our Bishop visits our church, and I have sponsored our altar flowers in honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. They are white, pink, and blue and beautiful. We will honor TDOR in the Prayers of the People. Grateful for this opportunity. #tec🕯️
I am making commitments with my close mutual gifting folks to a Thriftmas this year: only thrifted, used, or up cycled gifts. Will it end late stage capitalism? No. Will Bezos still go to space thru exploitation? Yes. But it’s my commitment to not add to that right now. And that’s a gift. 🕯️
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am making commitments with my close mutual gifting folks to a Thriftmas this year: only thrifted, used, or up cycled gifts. Will it end late stage capitalism? No. Will Bezos still go to space thru exploitation? Yes. But it’s my commitment to not add to that right now. And that’s a gift. 🕯️
Your friendly reminder to post your church’s TDOR services to the Narthex!! ⚓️
On Nov. 20 and thru the week, Episcopal churches nationwide will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize transgender individuals and to raise awareness of violence against trans people. #TDOR ⚓️
episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/19/e...
episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/19/e...
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your friendly reminder to post your church’s TDOR services to the Narthex!! ⚓️
Please look at this on this Trans Day of Remembrance to learn about the loss of trans lives by violence and suicide. www.transremembrance.org/insights-and...
Insights and Data — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please look at this on this Trans Day of Remembrance to learn about the loss of trans lives by violence and suicide. www.transremembrance.org/insights-and...
I am BROKEN to read this.
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am BROKEN to read this.
Anybody praying the Daily Office feel like psalm 109 in Morning Prayer today just hit hard in a USA with so much dispossession? Good Lord deliver us. I drove to work through chilly, dense fog over ghostly Missouri hills hearing those words and absolutely aching for God’s kingdom.⚓️
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Anybody praying the Daily Office feel like psalm 109 in Morning Prayer today just hit hard in a USA with so much dispossession? Good Lord deliver us. I drove to work through chilly, dense fog over ghostly Missouri hills hearing those words and absolutely aching for God’s kingdom.⚓️
Reposted by Cassie E. Brown
We’re glad to share a new product: The Booklet of Common Prayer! It’s a passport-sized collection of prayers to take with you — fitting in your pocket, it has everything for daily prayer, seven days a week. Take the BCP (at least some of it) with you! shop.forwardmovement.org/product/2700 📕
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We’re glad to share a new product: The Booklet of Common Prayer! It’s a passport-sized collection of prayers to take with you — fitting in your pocket, it has everything for daily prayer, seven days a week. Take the BCP (at least some of it) with you! shop.forwardmovement.org/product/2700 📕
Because obviously… ⚓️
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Bishop Loya said "in the spirit of the english reformation and having liturgy in the vernacular, I present this collect for the feast day of k pop demon hunters" 😂 ⚓️
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Because obviously… ⚓️
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Bishop Loya said "in the spirit of the english reformation and having liturgy in the vernacular, I present this collect for the feast day of k pop demon hunters" 😂 ⚓️
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
(it was a test question for our electronic voting system)
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Okay I was cringing (admittedly I work with GenAlpha professionally and I lowkey want to unalive whoever decided 6-7 was cute). But honestly?
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Ending a sincere and heavy duty prayer with “BET” straight up **slaps**.
Crinkle fries are as the Lord intended. I will not be arguing this point of doctrine. ⚓️
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Crinkle fries are as the Lord intended. I will not be arguing this point of doctrine. ⚓️
St. Paul, Galatians 3:28. “There is no male AND female.” Sorry not sorry, KJV. The word choice harkens directly to the language of Genesis. “Male AND female he created them”. In Jesus, duality, labels, traditions, and FEAR are always irrelevant. Inclusion is Biblical. Inclusion is holy. ⚓️
“There is a disgraceful misconception that all people of faith do not affirm the full spectrum of gender–a great many of us do. Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God-Holy and whole.”
—many diverse faith traditions including the Episcopal Church ⚓️
—many diverse faith traditions including the Episcopal Church ⚓️
www.uua.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
St. Paul, Galatians 3:28. “There is no male AND female.” Sorry not sorry, KJV. The word choice harkens directly to the language of Genesis. “Male AND female he created them”. In Jesus, duality, labels, traditions, and FEAR are always irrelevant. Inclusion is Biblical. Inclusion is holy. ⚓️
Heya, Narthex. I am exploring religious calling to an ecumenical community (professed order). It is both lay and ordained and recognized by the Episcopal Church. This is tender stuff.
Pray for me? 🕯️
Pray for me? 🕯️
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Heya, Narthex. I am exploring religious calling to an ecumenical community (professed order). It is both lay and ordained and recognized by the Episcopal Church. This is tender stuff.
Pray for me? 🕯️
Pray for me? 🕯️
Wore one of my favorite skull sweaters to church today. Managed to scandalize the old church ladies. It was what our table talked about at coffee hour ending with “I don’t believe in skulls but I mean I guess I support your right to wear them.” It’s a sweater, Doris, not a heretical statement. ⚓️
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wore one of my favorite skull sweaters to church today. Managed to scandalize the old church ladies. It was what our table talked about at coffee hour ending with “I don’t believe in skulls but I mean I guess I support your right to wear them.” It’s a sweater, Doris, not a heretical statement. ⚓️
It’s DioWestMo Convention!! It’s amazing to be part of the governance of my church in the laity. Pray for us!! ⚓️
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s DioWestMo Convention!! It’s amazing to be part of the governance of my church in the laity. Pray for us!! ⚓️
I once went to a faux coffee house poetry night where everyone pretended to be as goth and dead inside as possible as “Isis Astarte Demeter Hecate Diana Kali Innana Nightwish Broomstick.” This is giving me flashes of that night.
Valentine: all the gothiest goths are there here in ravenkirk
Valentine: Raven Belladonna Darkclaw IVV (she/her)
Valentine: Sable Xandrexx Darknight IX (she/they)
Valentine: Hecate Nightshade Darkmoon Moondark XII (they/them)
Valentine: and Dirk Dark (ey/ei)
Valentine: Raven Belladonna Darkclaw IVV (she/her)
Valentine: Sable Xandrexx Darknight IX (she/they)
Valentine: Hecate Nightshade Darkmoon Moondark XII (they/them)
Valentine: and Dirk Dark (ey/ei)
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I once went to a faux coffee house poetry night where everyone pretended to be as goth and dead inside as possible as “Isis Astarte Demeter Hecate Diana Kali Innana Nightwish Broomstick.” This is giving me flashes of that night.
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🎼 You can meet them in lanes, or in cuffs, or in jail,
in the back seats of unmarked cars, or on bail;
but the skull-gaitered men shall never prevail...
in the back seats of unmarked cars, or on bail;
but the skull-gaitered men shall never prevail...
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Happy Halloween!!! Spent the evening with my cousin at her haunt, receiving about 750 trick or treaters and 2,000 people. It was so much fun!!
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy Halloween!!! Spent the evening with my cousin at her haunt, receiving about 750 trick or treaters and 2,000 people. It was so much fun!!
Change my mind. ⚓️
So, corporate confession is not the same. We are not confessing individual sins just like, together. We are also confessing COLLECTIVE sins. The sins of the Body of Christ. What has our church, our community, humankind, done and failed to do? Reconciliation of a penitent is purely personal.
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Change my mind. ⚓️
My mother’s beau, a soybean farmer in his late 60s in bib overalls with cataracts, diabetes, and a triple bypass, spent today at a No Kings in a town of under 10,000 in rural Missouri. My mom, admittedly a firebrand, went to three different protests like these to support small town activism
Trump turned my normie 70s previously-R voting mother into a Bolshevik
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My mother’s beau, a soybean farmer in his late 60s in bib overalls with cataracts, diabetes, and a triple bypass, spent today at a No Kings in a town of under 10,000 in rural Missouri. My mom, admittedly a firebrand, went to three different protests like these to support small town activism
Fine: seeing a little snake crawling in the well outside your garden level office window
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
October 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fine: seeing a little snake crawling in the well outside your garden level office window
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it
Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air
Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it