It's been a while since I've written! I graduated from graduate school in December and hoped to start a new job in a familiar place quite quickly, but things didn't work out that way. As it turns out, nothing really went the way I thought it would go. I was expecting this year to be … Continue reading captain’s log
coming up for air
I am exhausted because it's the last week of the semester and also wide awake because well, of course I am (also: coffee). I'm nearing the 3/4 mark in my graduate program and am feeling the last semester of 10-12 hour days (thankfully not every day). A year ago— how could it possibly have been … Continue reading coming up for air
I love baths and I don’t care who knows it
I have been writing about self-care for a few years in reaction to over a decade of being an insomniac workaholic with chronic health issues related to not taking care of myself. My favorite post on the subject is from The Mighty and was actually written by a social worker, but well before I ever … Continue reading I love baths and I don’t care who knows it
fire
I used to binge eat or buy lots of things I didn't need or, if I'm honest, really even want. It was a destructive coping skill, one I have since been fortunate enough to (mostly) rid myself of through a combination of therapy and community and a lot of work. Back then, when I was … Continue reading fire
Before I forget
Before I have the benefit of hindsight and, what I hope is the blessed relief that comes from knowing what happened during the Donald Trump presidency, I want to make a note of what it's like right now. It is December 15, 2017. I am awake at midnight, even though I should be waking up … Continue reading Before I forget
“Here” and “Somewhere Else”
I've been thinking a lot about war lately. Currently it's because I'm in Croatia, a place that was devastated by civil war during my lifetime (more about that later), but generally it's because of the horrible things my government has been attempting to, and sometimes succeeding in doing. I've always been kind of a pacifist. … Continue reading “Here” and “Somewhere Else”
learning how to read again
The last few months have been a chaotic mess of holidays, illness, cabin fever, and extreme stress about things I can't control (mostly graduate school applications and everything related to politics). I have been spending most of my time either working, volunteering, or trying in vain to keep up with the news. I have so … Continue reading learning how to read again
journal: week one
I remember being a child in the '90s, reading books about people who survived terrible things: the holocaust, bombings during world wars, pogroms, the plague, jim crow, slavery... the list goes on. As a child I remember thinking how nice it was that all of those terrible things were in the past. My parents and grandparents … Continue reading journal: week one
weary traveler 