The Great Divide: Race, Rights, and Real Change

Over the past few days, as I read my twitter and facebook feeds, I’ve been feeling deeply frustrated. There seem to be an enormous amount of alarming things happening in the world right now, and the response I’m seeing ranges from inspiring to appalling. I want to lend my voice in support, but it is…

Sick Days

Sometimes, when I’ve had a series of good weeks, I forget how much it sucks to be sick. Right now, I’m really sick – can’t get out of bed, sore all over, trouble breathing sick. In light of that, I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and eating a lot of soup. My boyfriend…

My Fickle Muses

Why is it that some days it feels like pulling teeth to get myself to sit down and write? I would rather be doing anything else – scrubbing the floors, washing cookie sheets (we all know how much that sucks, right? or is it just me?), doing laundry, chasing down cat hair tumbleweeds. I find…

Learning Compassion

Today is my first day in a neck brace, and I couldn’t be more excited! It’s one of those little foam ones – I’ll post a picture on Instagram later – and I’m going to try to wear it at least 50% of my waking hours until I get closer to full mobility in my…

Brief Hopes

Oof, blogging regularly is turning out to be a real challenge for me. The Dream, as it has always been, is that someday I will be well enough to juggle work, blog, new writing, and goodness gracious, I guess a personal life?! Currently, I’m weeks behind on work (including housework, sorry honey!), so I’ll make…