breakfast ingredients “You want a grackle for breakfast?” I asked Ming. A grackle was vocalizing in the courtyard. “Yeah!” he said. “Oh, honey. You don’t eat birds. The only animals you eat are sea creatures.” “Well, that’s good because they both start with a c.” “Uh–grackle doesn’t start with a c. It starts with a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been thinking how disability is enforced poverty. It’s brutal, and I hate it. I have SSDI and food stamps, and I’m asked to make do on very little. But also, there are great parts. Disability is a great builder of compassion. I love disabled people, and I’m happy… Read More »
Yesterday an important radical art collective The Beehive Collective came to town to share art with us and storytelling. I’m so happy I was able to get my disabled ass there with Ming’s help. I couldn’t stay for the whole time. But it’s the next morning, and I’m still glowing with joy to have met… Read More »
“Do you think this mountain is our destiny?” I asked Ming. “No, I think bringing the energy of this mountain wherever we go is our destiny,” Ming said. I had pulled tarot cards to ask a few questions. When I asked Spirit if Ming and I had a destiny on this mountain, I got funny… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Ming and I made statements about disability for a local church. I thought you might enjoy them. Ming’s is brief but 100% important ideas. I like when he says, “My worth is not determined by my ability to make money.” Being disabled allows him to do mutual aid work… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Are you curious about activist relationships? I define activist as anyone who has a vision for a better world and works toward it. ask Ming “How would you define activist?” I asked Ming. “Motivated by a cause,” said Ming. “Someone who takes action, for a cause? I dunno–seems like there… Read More »
“Any stove that’s electric is not really a stove–it’s a glorified hot plate,” I said, pondering natural gas. “There–I said it. Fire is totally different for cooking, than a ridiculously hot coil of metal. Sorry. Cooking feels so different with a flame.” Ming and I were lying in bed. It was early in the morning,… Read More »
Hello, reader. What’s shakin’? I’ve been living in community in Oregon for four months now. Before, Ming and I lived in community in Las Vegas for seven years. We lived for a month at a permaculture farm in Ojai, California over the summer. I thought people were doing community for reasons like mine. Wow, I… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been thinking more about what disables me. My community member friend wrote a long, helpful comment on that recent post. He said the issue isn’t really capitalism. deeper Yes, I agree–there’s something deeper than capitalism itself that disables me. It drives the dysfunction that’s hurting me and in… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I attended a workshop about consensus. It was put on by the intentional community Snake Village and gave me delicious food for thought. Still digesting it. what it is Consensus is a decision making style that anarchists such as myself are supposed to do or at least have a good… Read More »