Hello, reader. How are you doing? Happy October. How much do you enjoy your life? Years ago, I used to think my life was crap, and I was crap. I had an attitude like “I have nothing to lose.” So I would make poor choices, including staying in relationship with abusive people. But now I… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? In the recent disability justice, fat liberation skillshare that I led with my community, I mentioned that I’m disabled by capitalism. I have various differences and diagnoses, and they deeply affect what I can do. But the actual problem isn’t with me–I live a wonderful disabled life, more happy… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’ve been thinking about what’s the most scary thing about love. trust This came up for me because I was talking to my new housemate the other day. He was in the kitchen, and I was in the dining room. We were sorting some foods, and when he mentioned a… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’ve been thinking about how to make decisions about healthcare for sick pets. An acquaintance on social media had a sick cat and was asking. It’s an important question, and we figure these things out on our own, too often. Folks responded with different opinions. social media Social media gets… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I got these new playing cards for foraging. You know I don’t like games. But cards can be a fun way of mediated learning. Different from a website or book. my foraging history I’ve always loved plants, always liked foraging. Free food is amazing! I remember when I was in… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Rich men don’t always know they’re rich. Have you know people like that? The richest man I’ve ever known was self-pitying about money. He and his wife had their kids in private school and life at a certain class. So they had a lot of money but had set themselves… Read More »
Hello, we took a seaweed harvesting class. It was north of Los Osos, right on the north edge of my homeland. I heard about it at an Ojai farmers market. We learned so much. We stopped by Los Osos on our way north, when we left Ojai. It was cool to learn a lot at… Read More »
Hello, I saw a lot of war on the poor, in Bakersfield. It made me super sad. More than ever, I perceive how the world is set up for the convenience and ease of people who have homes, cars, jobs, and are abled and have money. At the expense of everyone else. We were at… Read More »
Hello, I had a revelation about exercise equipment. Exercise equipment has always confused me. Why do people spend thousands of dollars on this mostly metal and plastic that doesn’t actually accomplish anything but exercise, when moving our bodies is free? Not like you make electricity from it, weave cloth, or make tortillas. At the end,… Read More »
Hello, I am so charmed by this art on the chicken coop at the farm we visited. I would like a master’s degree in chicken coop art. This is the lemongrass pond in the greenhouse. It’s such a big, gorgeous greenhouse. This plant was growing in the garden near some other herbs–may be Greek oregano? … Read More »