My apologies, folks. I took a couple days off from blogging—not for any dramatic reason, just your standard‑issue writer’s block mixed with a case of garden‑induced serenity. I was busy skipping between a handful of half‑baked blog posts that couldn’t quite find their endings and soaking in the quiet joy of tending plants. Honestly, sometimes …
Continue reading Life Out of the Closet (and What Was in There With Me)
I want to thank those that read these blog posts on a daily basis and I want to reiterate a few things so that folks know what's going on. I know that I have really honestly overshared my medical conditions in the past little bit. It has been a …
Continue reading Empathy, Experience, and Expressive Aphasia
Well, it’s a very odd Sunday morning here in the city of salt. While not unheard of, it’s strange to have a storm roll through and cool the temperature down into the 50s in June. Given the blast furnace we’ll be living in soon enough, I’ll gladly take the break. …
Continue reading Trigger Warnings, Irish Spring, and Other Sunday Thoughts
Author's Note – Two Years Later I originally wrote this piece nearly two years ago, in the wake of my husband's suicide. At the time, I was swimming in a sea of questions, grief, and societal expectations about what my relationship meant — to others, to me, and to the world. What …
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