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 »
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 »
Hello, reader. Would you like to dance… in the revolution? We had a great time at the park Saturday doing the Transqueer Fat Disabled Dance of Eugene. We’ve been going for more than a year now! Let me show you some pictures. I love the sign that says dance it like you mean it. Our… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m thinking about how support saves lives. Ming and I live in an affordable housing co-op which has 70 units. That’s the largest intentional community I’ve ever lived in, and I’ve learned that 100 people is too many for me. When Ming and I move somewhere else, we hope… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have a new motto, developed while trying to teach myself how to crochet. Just because you’re crying doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. disability Most everything I do, I do in my own way. It’s custom for the disabled person. Lots of trial and error! I can go… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? This is more of what I learned from the professional event I attended with Ming last week. So grateful it filled my mind with new ideas. Last post I talked about how important questions came to me about belonging. I’m still pondering how to show others who I am… Read More »
I was at a social event with Ming, and I’d dressed up a lil bit. I prepared by resting beforehand and psyching myself out to do a big, new thing. Usually I socialize with traumatized transqueer autistic white people here in Oregon. But these were mostly professional cis-het POC. It was a treat to be… Read More »
Hello from schizophrenia. How are you doing? I might be the only very fat person you know, but I also might be the only schizophrenia person you know. So here are a few things I want to explain to you. Being crazy is something I love about myself. Just like being fat is valid and… Read More »
“Stop worrying about what other people think,” is common advice I’ve been told many times. I want to write about my experience because the ideas are bigger than just you and me. disabled I’m a fat, disabled person who’s heard voices all my life, and I can’t do some commonplace things. But I can do… Read More »
“You are coming back alive.” Ming spoke to the Jello and gently stirred. “You are returning from the void. You’re returning to life.” “I hear you playing God with your Jello over there,” I said to Ming. It was amazing, the gentleness that Ming spoke to the Jello with. Ming is a beneficent God. “It’s… Read More »