the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

  • Fall days, family, football, doctors, and fatigue.

    Fall is here, y’all (well, officially tomorrow, but close enough we say 😉). It has been a busy few weeks here in the Hippie Hut with football Saturdays – divided between our house and Mom and Pop’s house, always the best ♥️ – a multitude of doctors appointments, the loss of a dear friend’s mother… Read more

  • new adventures (slowly).

    Since my last post, it feels like there have been several weeks of doctors appointments and rest days and getting my strength back (at least to my baseline). After many fluctuations in my health status and energy levels, I was so happy to have the best weekend with my people. On Saturday, we spent the… Read more

  • giving gratitude for ordinary (wonderful) days.

    Y’all, I’m so happy to report that we are still in slow, healing, home-and-doctors-appointments days here in the Hippie Hut. As we could have predicted, my RA joints, particularly my left hand and my knees, have exploded in the wake of all these malnutrition issues and severe systemic disease – so I will be seeing… Read more

  • the soundtrack for my new book.

    In much happier news than my previous post, my book of sixty reflections on living with chronic illness (which shares the same title as my ebook of forty devotions from COVID-times in 2021 but is completely rewritten and expanded and is not at all the same book) will be released in the middle of September.… Read more

  • back from a most frightening illness break.

    Hi, friends. After being away for over two months – the longest period, by far, that I have ever gone without writing here in the ten years since we started – I am so happy to be returning and slowly getting my strength again. Starting back in the Spring, there are several posts I shared… Read more

  • checking back in.

    Hi, sweet friends. It feels very much like I’ve been “checked out” recently, with illness and hospital stays and new challenges as I learn to handle these additional diagnoses that have come my way. Since I last posted, there have been a few misadventures with illness and the emergency room and needing fluids as this… Read more

  • hospital stays and recovery days.

    Y’all, it turns out that my previous post – when I reported that I was back from my nasty health breakdown – was more than a bit premature. As it turned out, I was actually still headed downhill at that time and would find myself back in the emergency room again shortly thereafter – but… Read more

  • coming back from whatever that was.

    Wow, y’all. I did not expect to be away so long – and I have not written anything in the interim. All of my work is behind. My office is in disarray, my poor plants are in need of attention, and I am trying to slowly find my way back out – even as my… Read more

  • flower child.

    Y’all, I’m sorry I’ve been MIA as I’ve been recovering from the plague that was my kidney infection. Coming back, I have several things I want to write and share but – since today is Earth Day – this little flower child has to share my flowers so far this year. Since I’ve been sick,… Read more

  • puny days.

    The past week – actually a bit longer now – I’ve been a woman down. Initially (last week) I thought it was a flu situation – even today my body is insanely achy – but by Sunday it was clear that something else was going on. If you were here through all my hospitalizations, surgeries,… Read more