Dear Darling Ones, Both the March 6ths when I woke up with nothing newly catastrophic happening in my body have been a great joy. It’s been two years since I woke up to everything inside my body feeling not right, sure I had stroke. For the official record, I’m not one of the six or seven male first responders believed me and I had to have a friend take me to the ER. I wish all the annoying inconveniences on…
Hola Darling Ones, Every month I vow to work on this post throughout the month so my eyes & Floppy Scoop don’t eet pooped out from all the typing and reading. Every month I do not do that. But hope springs eternal, so maybe next month? Matthew Sweet Recovers from Stroke at Madonna I’ve watched this video of Sweet’s stroke recovery process about 12 times since my friend Robin shared it with me. Each time I get a little shaky…
Hola Darling Ones, Since I learned I was diabetic I have become one of those people who care about carbs and protein. I hate that for me. People who talk about their diet are insufferable. I do not care. Eat what you want. I’m also not a fan of people who talk about “earning” food or being “naughty” when eating certain foods. Diet Culture makes my skin crawl and at 52 I’m still trying to get myself out of that…
Hello Darling Ones, How’s February been treating you? Things have been alternating between awful and amazing here. My sister had a breast cancer scare that required surgery and all that hullaballoo, but it’s benign. There was also a sisterly job loss, but a better job came along and she’s so much happier. There was a mouse in my house, but Los Gatitos hunted the teeny guy down and I got him into a box and released him outside. Mostly, I…
Hi Darling Ones, How’re your hearts and brains holding up while we continue to live through these cruel unprecedented times? Mine’s okay, mostly because I was able to sleep a bunch last night and I’m doing a pretty good job of staying out of the doom spiral. Since I’m in a decent mood, I thought I’d share some anti-bummers with you. There’s Mrs. Meyer’s lilac-scented soap in the downstairs bathroom and dandelion-scented soap in the kitchen and so whenever I…
Hi Darling Ones, Well, January, all 473 days of it, has been a trip, hasn’t it? M How are you doing trying to hold on to your humanity and protect your heart in these ever crueler times? It’s hard out here for a human, ain’t it? One of the things I never thought about in all my history classes (which were crappy, because white supremacy and US education) were people’s daily lives and how hard it must have been to…
