I calculate I’d probably thrown up about 20,000 times by then. Say, average three times a day for twenty years- some long stretches with none, some long stretches with more, so let’s just call it an even 20,000. My sisters and I were on our way to our nephew’s birthday party- a small little family […]
When someone is really unwell, expectations drop, but as a person reaches their potential, we demand more from them. I guess my Mark should have taken it as a compliment that I expected so much of him. My farther-in-law, Mark, spent about forty years as a heroin addict and, when he finally got clean, he […]
Oh my summer babies! Oh naked bodies and sticky tummies! Oh tan-lined bug-bit scraped-up skin!Oh bike rides before breakfast!Oh snacking in the garden!Oh berry walks and stained hands, faces, toes!Oh front porch thunderstorms! Oh wet curls!Oh firefly bedtime!Oh, how my babies love summer! Oh how I love my summer babies!
Witnessing the genocide in Gaza has been so eye-opening for me. I did not know how corrupt our county was and I did not know how corrupt the world was. And I should have known, but I didn’t. Surprise means I believed a lie. And the lie that I believed is that we can do […]
Detroit made me proud last week- I was able to attended the People’s Conference for Palestine, here in my own city. What a wonderful experience to be surrounded with clear-sighted people full of hope, despair, information, ideas and plans. I will share some of what I took away from it for myself and for those […]
What lies do you believe? Identifying and refuting the lies we have internalized is a very dry powerful exercise. It is the path to change entrenched behavior, to create new realities, and to liberate our minds. Here are some lies we have absorbed about the genocide in Gaza. It’s complicated There are overt lies, and […]
It’s impossible not to be exposed to the propaganda of justification for the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the broader occupation in Palestine. Sometimes an argument seems strong, but you have only to lean in to see that most arguments to explain this occupation actually imply their opposite. Let’s steelman a number of the claims […]
Genocide is being committed in Gaza: deliberate, effective, ruthless, evil intentional killing of humans of all ages and identities whose only crime is to be Palestinian. The entire population is the target, the casualties are not collateral damage, but successful targets. Israeli soldiers are dropping the bombs but we are complicit, this is “our” genocide. […]
What if it were true? What if a genocide was being committed during your lifetime, By your so-called allies, with your so-called leaders’ blessing, paid for by your own money? What if the people you empathize with were perpetrating it? Just imagine that for a second, what if? If that were indeed true, ask yourself- […]
A Monday night. We got back to Holly House after a visit in Clio. Ada fell asleep in the car, Mark talked about his Dad. Louie was in a good mood and didn’t stop us from talking or make us play his music. As we pulled up, we spotted two wild turkeys in the yard […]
