Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you sew? I like making art embroidery, and more recently, I’ve been amending my clothes. This morning I was sewing a patch on my purple sweatshirt jacket and realized that anything harder than your hand can be a thimble. conversation “Sewing actually takes a lot of hand strength,”… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Fortunate to be on the free side of a locked door? Or maybe you own the door and own a key. Ming and I are traveling. The vacation rental where we’re staying at has an analog clock, and its second hand ticks above the desk where I’m writing. So… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s life? It’s never too late to dance. I’m sorry if I didn’t invite you to the next zoom dance. It’s this afternoon, and it’s free. I would love to move with you. Here’s the link. There’s some text I wrote to go with the flier on a local big activist texting thread… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Do you know where psychosis comes from? In my experience, it’s stress– something really bad is happening that’s out of our control, and the body is overwhelmed in a way that goes beyond. Sleep deprivation, stress, maybe too many things going wrong at once, and blammo. It’s more than… Read More »
Hello, reader. How you doing? Ming was recently interviewed by a newspaper about family history. It made me think about boundaries and how I’ve been treated by the press over the years. A few times, I’ve come out of the experience feeling used. So I’ve thought a lot about the temporary relationship that forms during… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s tricks? Ming and I are considering doing significant work at a community we love more than anything. There’s tons to do, so we need a plan to resist burnout. From previous communities we’ve lived in, we have experience. I wrote about burnout in community recently in regards to disability and power. Definitely,… Read More »
“Were you burned out when you left Lost Valley?” I asked Ming. “No, I don’t think so,” Ming said. Ming spent five years at Lost Valley in various roles, including caring for the chickens and Registered Nurse, but was unmedicated for narcolepsy at the time. So Ming was even sleepier and more disabled than they… Read More »
“There’s something wrong with this salad. It’s the most delicious salad in the world. They must have put drugs in it or something,” I said to Ming. Dear reader, how are you doing? What is salad? Have you thought about this? Oh, I have. Valid salad–invalid salad. Just a food that’s cold, like potato salad… Read More »
“I’m going to tell you a story, ok?” I asked Ming. It’s about a magic blanket. “Ok,” Ming said. safe We were lying in bed cuddling before Ming had to go out for an evening event. It had been a hard day for me. I need new ways to feel safe. “Imagine a party,… Read More »
Hey, reader. How are you doing? Do you know how to be crazy? I have a ton of practice. My life’s work could be summarized: explaining how to be crazy in a way that benefits us all. Recently I joined a group on social media for psychosis and schizophrenia. You know my diagnosis is under… Read More »