Body & Health
Coping: Part II in the Working Toward Transformation series
Last post was supposed to be about forgiveness, but wound up as an angry, toxic diatribe. I’ll guess I’ll call that Part I. I’m okay with this, because…
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Mommess
Why ask?
Truly great questions are like time-release peace bombs that detonate in real life. – W. Leitzen
Culture
The death of dignity: ain’t that a shame
I hate to make such a bold statement, lest in come true, but I had to find a way to express what I think could be going on…
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Testimony 2019
This was originally written as testimony to RI state legislature to help pass the Reproductive Health Care Act in RI in 2019l codifying RI’s citizens right to abortion…
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to women who’ve made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness
This is a shout out to all women, like me, who have experienced trauma and made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness. This is a shout out to…
Body & Health
Dart Dart Dart
Dart. Dart. Dart. Rest. Dart. Dart. Dart. Finger, thumb moving. Eyes darting. Soul wondering. Entertainment! A Life! Exciting! Surprising!. Odd. Outrageous. Horrible. Sad. Scroll. Share. Share. Share. Smirk.…
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Praying is the last thing you should do
Now, don’t get all hating on me for this. I believe in the power of prayer. Because of prayer, perhaps some important people in my life are alive.…
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This isn’t allowed anymore
If I hear one more person refer to “the media” as a monolith, I’m going to… to…. Really, we know better than this, don’t we? There is no…
Culture
Modern myths
Subtitle: Survival is only for those that can perish. I often wonder about the grand mythic strokes being written across America these last few years. They are big.…
Body & Health
I am my dogs
A generation ago, I had a dream, and I told my mentor about it. Black dogs are barking at me. It is depression. It looks like this (I…
Culture
on humor and malice
humor is the tendency of experiences or expression to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that…
Culture
On Cults and Cultural Healing
How does a nation’s culture heal on a mass level when so many members are likely: Afraid (because they’ve seen hatred and bullying of the “other” by their…