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? Do you know why uneven floors hurt? There’s a place I love. The buildings were made in quirky ways decades ago. One building I love the most, the Barn, holds the main kitchen. But I can’t spend time there because of the floors: I always injure myself. I want… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I was interviewed by an artist in New York about radical mental health, trauma, support, and community. Please take a look at this new interview, published day before yesterday. It’s a video! https://nadya.substack.com/p/lives-after-psychiatry-strawberry I like the part where I talk about how you can look through a lens, then… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Lately I want to know what a person is. Like money and time, it’s one of those things everyone else seems to understand, but I don’t understand. I am my body my family my homeland my motivations my behaviors my spirit my memory my home my planet I’m water… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend Nina wrote a disability Justice sermon and got an award. I’m so happy for her, and I want to share the link in case you want to hear the sermon. Toward the beginning it mentions me. This is my second or third time listening to it. Wow,… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m thinking about consent and power. Also consent and autism, and consent in families. Consent is sacred. I’m always learning how to be respectful, including better ways to ask hear real answers have boundaries understand norms and social rules know myself spend enough time alone to clear others’ energy… 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’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 »
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 »