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 »
Stimming is a common thing humans do. Stims can be comforting, stress reducing, pleasurable. I made a video (with Ming’s help) about my favorite stims. The CC works pretty good; it says stems instead of stims, but you get the idea. Thought you might like to see what I do. Or you might like some… Read More »
A friend gave me trash bags full of her mom’s clothes, maybe a year ago, as her mom moved into assisted living. Her mom’s clothes mostly fit me. Ming and I sorted through countless jackets, shirts, pajamas, pants, dresses. Some of the clothes were worn out and done. Most we gave away, but some we… Read More »
I always was intrigued by tarot cards and bought a deck for myself when I was young. It was The Mythic Tarot. I like mythology, so I thought this would be a good deck for me. I put it in a carved wooden box an ex gave to me. It came with a book about… Read More »
I’m feeling grateful today that this owie on my finger is healing. I was chopping something a few days ago and dropped the knife on my finger. The wound was very small and minor but in a bad place on the pointer finger of my left hand–I kept bumping it and hurting it. I can… Read More »
I was lying in bed with Ming–he was sleeping. Suddenly, it hit me–a fat fantasy. Wow! I was so excited I almost woke Ming up. clinic for fat people What if there was a clinic for fat people. The clinic would specialize in the health of fat people, and be extra good at issues that… Read More »
Self-hate as motivation has never worked, for me. For anything, that I can recall. I made a video of myself dancing, which I’d never done before. It was partially in response to a youtube troll saying something mean to me about my body. When I read his mean comment, I thought of some snappy comebacks… Read More »
This post fat liberation 101 started out as an email to a friend, offering feedback on something he’d written about healthy eating. I thought it might be good to share here, in case anyone wants to know these basics. I don’t talk much about the injustices fat people face, but those are everywhere. Instead I… Read More »
I used to hate my tummy, back when I thought being fat was bad. I believed I had a responsibility to try to thin myself, and I carried a ton of shame. Now that I know weight doesn’t determine health, and health doesn’t determine value, I love my tummy. What a good tummy I have! … Read More »
“If I ever feel like life isn’t worth living, please feed me some of this bread,” I told Ming. It was cheese garlic naan from Gandhi’s in Tucson. Wow, amazing. Better bread than I could have dreamed. Ming was turning left, driving us back to our airbnb. “I guess it’s the bread of life. Maybe… Read More »