“What kept the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles together?” Ming asked our good friend. I think it’s Splinter, but also drugs in cheese. We were at temple for Shabbat service, talking quietly as folx in kippot entered the room. “Wasn’t it a rat? Splinter,” our friend replied. “Yeah, that’s what I said,” Ming replied. I was… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Are you friends with any TERFs? TERFs are trans-exclusionary radical feminists. That’s the acronym. In my experience they’re old lesbians who are cranky about gender. They might call transwomen “a man in a dress.” They feel that woman-ness is an exclusive club they suffered to be in, so they get… Read More »
Have you ever noticed how certain people are attracted to permaculture movements, and then certain people leave? Why do they leave? Ming and I have been thinking a lot about disability and age in Disabled Resilience Permaculture. And in community. crazy I was told by a friend that mentally ill people destroy communities. Wow, yuck. … Read More »
“Is that too great a burden to bury?” I asked Ming. Then I laughed and laughed. Getting old is wild. On Saturday, a friend I hadn’t seen in more than a year asked, “Why is your hair turning gray?” I love being 44, who I am, my age, and all I’ve been through, to get… Read More »