“Things are replenishable that you thought were not: your savings, your opportunities, your pride. Your life can be stripped very close to the bone, and you can begin again.” -Michelle Wildgen

If I were a praying type of person, I would call this my prayer of late. So grateful for everything my child and I have -health, abundance, fun, companions, freedom. It was a looooooong journey. And it may well get tricky again one day. In the meantime, I say to the Big Everything: Thank you.… Continue reading “Thank you. How can I help?”

In this documentary, “a defiant, spirited group of elderly women scratches out an existence in this highly toxic landscape, the last survivors of a small community who refused to leave their ancestral homes after the Chernobyl disaster.” My love for this presentation may have been influenced by the fact that the babushkas live that which I… Continue reading The Babushkas of Chernobyl

I’ve run out of most food. This is not due to any financial issue; my prioritizing has gotten cuckoo. It’s hard for me to do anything these days except play my banjolele and think about ponies. I still DO the other stuff—take care of kid, take us swimming, cook, do my school work, line up… Continue reading Brain Glitch = New Palate, New Palette