Hello, how are you? There’s a new interview up on youtube. A two person roundtable conversation. A brilliant witch living in community in the South invited me to speak. We talk about some of my favorite topics. My experience as a multi-outsider in the Catholic Worker is great to talk about. I love what I… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Toward the middle of the homelessness of me and Ming, I wrote this poem The Earth is My Home. It’s important to me because it speaks exactly what I was feeling at the time–a clear delivery from Mother God. It’s about home, putting love at the center of well-being, and… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’d like to share my zine presentation link. Some folx were present over zoom for the Zines ASSEMBLAGE conference in England. If you missed it, you can see my presentation whenever you like. It’s here. I was aiming for 20 minutes and just about made it. Ming and I were… Read More »
Ming and I visited a small mission, inland from San Diego in southern California. In the church we saw some propaganda right by the door, about how Ming and I are not ok in the eyes of God. It hurt, and I prayed this prayer for Catholics. Please pray along with me. Prayer for Catholics… Read More »
Hello, I’m so excited–my second guest blog post Disabled Permaculture is out on my friend’s Awkward Botany blog. Please take a look! I talk about how Ming and I are disabled, how disabled permaculture is a great way for us to garden and do community, and how it’s part of our interdependent family. Gardening is… Read More »
I did a protection ritual. Ming helped me–thank you, sweetheart! Lately I’ve been working on boundaries, and I have a lot of new ideas. boundaries Just like no one is allowed to touch me who I don’t give consent to, no one is allowed to take my energy, time, love, support, or attention who I… Read More »
Idiot Wind is a new book by my poetry friend Michael Hannon. It was published last year by Hoopsnake Press with art by Ke Francis. I’d read and loved the manuscript, so I was happy to receive the book in the mail a few days ago, see the art, and revisit the poems in book… Read More »
Hello, I recorded a new poem “disabled dancing.” I wrote it a few days ago after chalice circle. We’d been talking about pets, and I was thinking a lot about teeth. How some people get their pets’ teeth cleaned, but I live with elders who’ve been chronically homeless, and mostly they don’t have teeth. I… Read More »
I wrote this poem how to sing your way through a panic attack this morning in the kitchen. Although it’s written as instructions, it’s autobiographical. I hope it gives you ideas of how to feel your feelings, grapple with death, and keep trying. Ming recorded me reading it. We’re staying at a gorgeous cabin in… Read More »
Hello, wanted to show you some things I’ve made lately. Yesterday I recorded a new video and put it on youtube. It’s a guided meditation including an apple orchard and possible message of your own truth. Also I’ve been working on my rainbow dumpster goddess, for last month’s art along. Goddess was day 26? It… Read More »