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 want to tell you how to deescalate Strawberry. If you ever are near me when I’m panicking, at the edge of panicking, over overwhelmed, “autistic meltdown,” or having some kind of anger attack… In some circumstances, it might be best for me to escalate. I might need to… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’s tricks? Can I tell you what uncomfortable is like? For me, it’s like pain but a little bit less. Like pain that rumbles instead of stabbing. Uncomfortable is distressing. Uncomfortable is feeling wrong in my skin, or feeling like, “Hmm, I can do this for a short time. Then I gotta go.”… Read More »
Hey, reader. Are you radical? That word has bad connotation to some. But you know I do radical mental health, one of my main projects. Radical is a favorite concept and word. Likewise Ming is radical. We’re buddies on that. Luckily almost all of our values are shared: our relationship has such longevity partly for… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I was talking with a new friend about communication, neurodivergence, and considering audience. I explained how I’m always considering audience. What a fun conversation. I enjoyed the ideas as something I don’t usually talk about. Then I thought you might like to read too. So this post considering audience… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Are you a reader? I was a hardcore reader as a child and teenager. When I became an adult, I developed problems concentrating and more physical pain. Reading is hard for me these days. Zines are lightweight and low commitment. I want to tell you alternative ways to read… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I made a new functionally ill zine, a few months ago, unexpectedly. Finally I’m announcing it here. It’s called functionally ill #33: how to survive: how I raised my baseline and stay well without psych meds. I would love to share it with you. Wanna trade zines? Functionally ill… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I was very slowly walking up some steep stairs this morning, thinking about how disability is a spectrum. That’s an idea floating around already… but I want to mention it because I encounter many people who don’t know disability is a spectrum, and they do some low key crappy… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My good friend Pegasus made a book: Lyra’s Homeless Daemon. It’s colorful and beautiful. It’s about a child who was born with a health issue, and it’s gorgeously illustrated fanfic. I actually think of it as a zine. But this book asks the reader to have new ideas and… Read More »
Dear sweetheart, I’m sorry if someone called you lazy. Asking for help is sacred. I want to be respectful and a safe person to ask for help. Also a safe person to say no to. The idea of being lazy doesn’t worry me too much because I’m disabled, and I opt out of capitalism productivity… Read More »