I'm an autistic white woman. Generally, I don't tend to go through life thinking that I'm better than anyone else. Based solely on what I've endured/survived in my life, I have barely been tested and I'm still exhausted. Many people endure much more, namely Black women. This is not a self-hating screed or anything. Just …
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Why I Started Writing
I began this blog nearly a year ago. I recall thinking that it could be a place for me to sort out my feelings about all that has been going on in the world for the last 4 years during the now-prior American presidential administration. Of course it was the pandemic that was the last …
Shorts #2 – Theories of Change
Change is hard, but always doings things the same way means you haven't learned a way to do it better. Fear of change in your own life can not only diminish your quality of life over time, but also contribute to wider stagnation in your family, community and society. Resistance to change is ultimately about …
Screw Mindfulness
Mindfulness = the program through which the established societal consensus convinces laypeople that the discomfort they are feeling is internally caused, and can be solved by focusing more on internal resolve than fighting for real righteous change that threatens the power structure. Mindfulness is all the rage these days, can't stop hearing about it. Everyone …
2020, Buh Bye
Nothing much to say that hasn't been said. 2020 was rough. People much older than I am have all said this was the worst year of their lives. I'm certain they're right. 2020 was the year that felt like a decade. And despite it technically being over, 2021 is upon us, it doesn't actually feel …
Merry (Subdued) Christmas
Likely, this is not what you thought the winter holidays would look like if someone asked you even 6 months ago, and definitely not at the beginning of the year. Many things that we took for granted a year ago are things we sorely miss now: holiday parties, religious/spiritual services, large family gatherings with food, …
Things We Have Lost in 2020 – A Series
There is going to come a time, very soon I think, when we are all going to be processing what we've all been through this year from the outside. 2020 the year is coming to an end very shortly. By the end of 2021, the COVID pandemic will be a memory for most people, rather …
Giving Thanks
This Thursday is the day in the US that we give thanks for all the blessings we can think of. And gather with friends and family and eat a ton of decadent food. Many of the normal holiday festivities will be hampered this year as we have been forced to modify our plans for COVID-19. …
Cheesecake
I have never particularly liked cheesecake. Strangely, in fact, since I LOVE cheese. Something about the cream cheese tartness and the texture has just never appealed to me. But I know how decadent and wonderful a dessert it is for those who enjoy it. My husband's birthday was earlier this month and he is definitely …
How to amplify your own happiness, even in dark times
People seem to believe that true happiness is something you have to seek out and find or that someone else has to give to you as a gift. But those theories are not true. Happiness can only be cultivated, farmed, created, if you will, on one's own, internally. However, it is fleeting and must be …
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