Category Archives: whatnot

5 small ways to build self-care into your life

Self-care. Gah, it’s that waaaaay over-used 21st century buzzword! WTF do we mean when we talk about about self-care, anyhow? It typically means doing things for ourselves that nurture us, make us feel good, a reversal of the golden rule,

5 small ways to build self-care into your life

Self-care. Gah, it’s that waaaaay over-used 21st century buzzword! WTF do we mean when we talk about about self-care, anyhow? It typically means doing things for ourselves that nurture us, make us feel good, a reversal of the golden rule,

i had a miscarriage

original orchid image by sd-stock via deviantART, photoshopped by me It was devastating. It is devastating. I am grieving. And cannot write.

i had a miscarriage

original orchid image by sd-stock via deviantART, photoshopped by me It was devastating. It is devastating. I am grieving. And cannot write.

thinking about art

So, I’m thinking about art. What is it? That sounds like a simple, trite question. But, if you think about it long enough, it can get quite profound. Tolstoy wrote about the infectiousness of art in his book, What Is

thinking about art

So, I’m thinking about art. What is it? That sounds like a simple, trite question. But, if you think about it long enough, it can get quite profound. Tolstoy wrote about the infectiousness of art in his book, What Is

letter to a foe

I wrote this post a few years ago, fresh out of recovery feeling raw like a newborn and in the midst of some very traumatic relationship stuff. I have for some time felt inspired by the epistolary method of story

letter to a foe

I wrote this post a few years ago, fresh out of recovery feeling raw like a newborn and in the midst of some very traumatic relationship stuff. I have for some time felt inspired by the epistolary method of story

the body manifesto

  I, like many other women, do not embody society’s feminine ideal. I am not thin, and that makes me fat. And, frankly, I’ve grown weary of this idea that it’s on me, as the fat person, to make the people

the body manifesto

  I, like many other women, do not embody society’s feminine ideal. I am not thin, and that makes me fat. And, frankly, I’ve grown weary of this idea that it’s on me, as the fat person, to make the people