Climate change, regime change, and preventable illness. I can’t tell you how many times a day I hear around this area that scientists and Doctors are fake and out to harm people. As someone who has a degree in the sciences it’s rather insulting and also false. Why would we spend our whole lives tryingContinueContinue reading “Get Them While You Can”
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Dear Dad: Middle Village in Chinook
Dear Dad, do you remember that little spot along the road you wanted to stop at every time we passed it but for one reason or another we never did? Today your dog Rider and I did stop this time. I kick myself for not taking you there sooner, when you were still breathing. YouContinueContinue reading “Dear Dad: Middle Village in Chinook”
Climate Change and Homesteading: A Critical Perspective
This question is for those of you who live in the south, humid or otherwise. These heat waves are getting crazy. This morning, the youtube news is showing California burning. Now, California has always burned. To an extent. The trees and bushes are adapted to fire. But not these fires. These fires are now hotterContinueContinue reading “Climate Change and Homesteading: A Critical Perspective”
Navigating Family Trauma: Reuniting with My Incarcerated Brother
Today, my youngest brother pulled up the gravel driveway and parked his 30 year old red Nissan S.U.V. next to my 2016 Nissan rig. His big foot tire cover matching my big foot bumper stickers. I haven’t seen him in 5 years. The gritty details is his story to tell but it was traumatic theContinueContinue reading “Navigating Family Trauma: Reuniting with My Incarcerated Brother”
Surviving Narcissistic Abuse: A Daughter’s Story of Protection and Loss
Trigger Warning! This post contains disturbing content dealing with abuse and death. Please don’t read farther if it is a difficult topic for you. Before I get much farther into this blog, let me warn you. I am in the process of grieving. I had been trying to protect Dad from my mother for nearContinueContinue reading “Surviving Narcissistic Abuse: A Daughter’s Story of Protection and Loss”
