Just the thoughts and musings of a middle-aged, aspiring Buddhist, late-diagnosed autistic female genius. You will probably not agree with me, but at least I will make you THINK. The only comments I take are high praise or gently constructive criticism. All others will be duly ignored.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have likely heard about the leaked draft of a preliminary Supreme Court draft decision written by Justice Samuel Alito which completely overturns 1973's Roe v Wade decision, ensuring American women's right to privacy in relation to pregnancy-related health care, specifically abortion. While this leaked document is …
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I have a confession to make, though loyal readers already know... I have not posted any new writing in this blog for a few weeks now. I broke my writing habit/commitment. I failed to live up to my own ideal. As you may recall, I had set the intention a while ago to publish SOMETHING, …
Starting when I was a young child, I enjoyed learning, soaking up information like a sponge, as young children are supposed to do. This thirst for knowledge didn't really stop when I got to school either. I was usually interested in what my teachers had to offer and treated them with great respect, taking for …
I walked 4.5 miles last Sunday. This is not necessarily a great feat or anything, but it is also something I rarely allow myself to take the time for. According to Google, my route "should" have taken 1.5 hours on foot, but I was dawdling quite a bit, stopping to chat with people, petting some …
I have been disabled for my entire life. However, I have only come to IDENTIFY as disabled very recently. For those of you who have been following my writing or who know me on LinkedIn or even in real life, you may think that I am specifically talking about the fact that I have recently …
Last week was a rough one. Russia's attempt at the wholesale destruction of their neighbor Ukraine is one of many ongoing conflicts. On the (American) domestic front, we had the Senate Judiciary hearings for the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, who WILL BE confirmed as the first Black female Supreme Court Justice next month. With …
I live in one of the more diverse (racially, financially and otherwise) neighborhoods in one of the whitest, most affluent and "liberal" cities in the country. I love my neighborhood. I bought my house for what seemed like a lot of money at the time when I was still single, in my 20s and when …
People say that to live a human existence is traumatic. Many normal human experiences are inherently life-altering and depending on one's sensitivity or vulnerability or resilience to/practice with enduring change, these experiences can cause trauma. Fortunately, within the post-trauma dissembling/chaos, we are generally able to re-assemble ourselves over time, experience post-traumatic growth and carry on, …
Russia did not start a war in Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. They have been engaging in 21st century warfare with "the West" and "democracy" for nearly a decade. Ukraine is currently enduring a hybrid assault of 21st and 20th century offensives from their neighbor, but we are still primarily talking about the tanks, soldiers …
Here we are again on Monday night and I have no blog post prepared. This has been one hell of a week. I wasn't sure I could gather the strength to work today, but somehow I managed. The stress and news stemming from the Russian War of aggression against Ukraine, and the whole of Europe, …
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