I’m standing over the sink, washing the glasses, and smiling to myself over the familiarity of the routine summer always sets up for me. The shouting of the orders over the counter, oil sizzling in the kitchen, clicking of the glasses on the bar trays as they are carried through the restaurant, Aneta’s laughter fromContinueContinue reading “ROMANTICIZING SUMMER 2025: When Life Gives You Tangerines”
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3 Simple Ways To Take Action
This post includes 3 simple ways to take action and make a difference regarding the genocide in Gaza. Photo by Mike van Schoonderwalt on Pexels.com “We speak with our wallets.” As I see my social media algorithm diluted from the news and talks about Gaza, and as helplessness urges me to do more, to lookContinueContinue reading “3 Simple Ways To Take Action”
Tables, Conversations, and Safe Spaces
Are we giving some topics a seat at the table, or is our table just a side table for kids so they don’t bother the grown-ups? That’s how I feel when I talk about mental health for example, or women’s status in society. Does that seat count, and how important is it to have it?ContinueContinue reading “Tables, Conversations, and Safe Spaces”
Grief is a thing with fetters
It’s one day ahead in the calendar, but it was Wednesday last year when I had this weird feeling that I needed to hug my friend when I waved her goodbye as she got on the bus. I don’t usually hug. Not that I don’t like it, it’s just not in my habit. So, anyway,ContinueContinue reading “Grief is a thing with fetters”
World Mental Health Day in my world
In lights of the World Mental Health Day – that I’m… not late to, because the conversation shouldn’t start and stop on that day – I wanted to share… let’s call it a diary entry, that I wrote in June of this year. I think I’m at that point again, in a way. I can’tContinueContinue reading “World Mental Health Day in my world”
