I have been writing these ‘Year Of Kindness’ essays built around the perhaps radical but core belief that complex ideas require ongoing...

W. H. Auden says, "My claim to own my body, my world, is my catastrophe."  Claim implies possession. I claim and possess myself and all the pain and joy this brings.

The most important thing to remember is this To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become. -W.E.B. DuBois...

Content warning:  This essay follows me for most of 2024, it shares what it must but keeps everyone anonymous, it spares me personal...

how to honour myself after decades of pain and still honour the wounds of the world, especially when it's so easy to feel powerless...

The first sign I was building safety again came a few weeks ago, my body let me feel all the danger for the first time, and I spent over 23 days in a pain flare

Goodness is the blossom of our choices when we make choices conducive to life ~