How ableism is connected to our disconnection

Enjoy this lovely piece I came upon in my wanderings on the internet. It is timely as I’m very much exploring this question myself...

Why do we share our stories? Why don’t we? Why should we? How often do you see a piece of writing or a video where someone is sharing...

Maybe you saw what your friends dads were like, or had uncles that showed you what it looked like to have a dad or be a dad. Maybe your...

How a loss helped me see who I am.

Happy Mother’s Day to every one of you. I want to share with you how many people I’ve known who mother. And not all of them are what you...

Oiling a wood pallette added to the list of things I didn’t know that I didn’t know how to do. Over the years I’ve used many different...

I recently selected Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy from the unread books in my collection. It’s 835 pages. It’s heavy...

You really hear a lot about the joys and struggles, the pride and achievement, of parenting, but no one prepares you for how weird it is....

I have read enough Buddhist philosophy to know that I would make a terrible Buddhist. Here is why, in a nutshell: I love stuff. I am...

Last week I got together with a friend who has a blog, and I have decided to take my own advice to her. So she has this blog, really, who...

Something has really been bugging me. Are there no homely vampires, or are homely vampires just under represented in the media? Is there...

Scott lost a tooth yesterday, and I thought he was going to save it to put under his pillow tonight. He didn’t and came to me wondering...

Christmas cards are one of my top favorite, most loved, very exciting, Christmas tradition. One year I left the cards up until June. That...

The tree is trimmed. Decorating for Christmas shouldn’t be cathartic, but in my experience everything done during a migraine is...

I was introduced to the Fresno Met, by my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Ogata. Coincidentally my favorite teacher. I didn’t know at age 10 what...