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. 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 »
Hello, how are you doing? I was thinking about mental health, psych meds, capitalism, power, and chemical castration. I had an idea that feels important; I would like to tell you. what is chemical castration? I’ve heard “chemical castration” refer to the practice of destroying someone’s sex drive with medication because of harm they’ve done,… Read More »
I was thinking more about why I hate nonviolent communication (NVC). So many people want a system for being right. So many people want to learn the rules, believe they’re following the rules, and rest in their technical attempt. “Ok–I did the thing. I’m done now. I’ve done well enough,” they say and retreat to… Read More »
Hey, I was talking to Ming about real safety. It had to do with an experience we had I may not be ready to talk about. So much is fresh. Travel seems to keep it fresh, with no home base to return to for home-rest and processing of what I learn. The outside world is… Read More »
Ming says disposable culture can be ok for disabled people who need special things considering our energy and functionality. But the problem is everyone uses it, because everyone lives in crisis mode, doing more than they can do, because of capitalism. Ming says it’s easy to be judgey. “In the previous sentence, I feel very… Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’m on earth to do, including radical mental health and the Las Vegas Radical Mental Health collective. I’d like to help do something meaningful and connective with many people, and radical mental health has been that. The part that hurts is my own burnout. How do you prevent… Read More »
There was a meme I saw on a Catholic Worker facebook group, and it made me laugh. I added, “Lead us not into grad school, and deliver us from collection agencies.” student loans Student loans are creepy. Kids who have no option, or feel no option, sign away their future freedom. “I will gladly pay… Read More »