the autoimmune hippie.

August 10, 2022

sometimes a song. . .

Having written in a couple of recent posts both about Jerry’s 80th Birthday and about my love for the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” – for the umpteenth time 😉 – I am just in love with this recording that I stumbled across of Norah Jones performing it on Jerry’s Birthday. It’s lovely. ❤ As for me, […]

August 7, 2022

sweater weather playlist.

I usually make a new playlist each season of just whatever songs have found their way on my radar recently and the ones I’m vibing with – it’s pretty random 😉 – and, before fall semester starts – but because I am so so very ready for fall to be here – it was time […]

August 4, 2022

growing pumpkins in my azaleas.

First, let me say that I have been ready for Fall since, umm, May. . . and I’ve been REALLY fighting the urge to put out my Fall pumpkins – I have many – and decorate our house for some days now. (My goal at this point is to make it to my first day […]

August 1, 2022

happy birthday jerry. not fade away.

I’m still walking; so I’m sure that I can dance. – Grateful Dead, Saint of Circumstance It just takes my breath and blows my mind to realize that today is Jerry Garcia’s 80th Birthday. That doesn’t even seem possible. Hell, the closer I get to it, it’s even harder to get my head around that […]

July 29, 2022

goodbye summer semester 2022 (hail state.)

I know I haven’t been gone long, only a few days actually – but it feels like much longer – because Finals Week time is its own special kind of hell that has to be experienced to be understood. This is particularly true when a poor unfortunate soul – your girl – is hanging on […]

July 24, 2022

happy 2nd birthday, goblin!

Well, y’all, I find myself in the midst of the second half of math crunch time – and racing toward the hard deadline – so I am going to be on my head for the next several days. . . =0 However, I wanted to share our adorable grandpup Goblin’s 2nd Birthday, as he is […]

July 22, 2022

anxiety disorder – and florence.

As I’ve written many times over the years, I have lived with anxiety disorder since I was really young. Though I’ve learned to manage the symptoms, it can still be overwhelming at times – especially as parts of it worsened after I became so ill in the past few years. It can also be difficult […]

July 20, 2022

take your poet to work day. yes really. :)

So, y’all, it turns out that every July 20th is Take Your Poet to Work Day – a day in which you print out a version of your favorite poet and carry him or her with you to work (or wherever you are going) and post pictures and whatnot. It’s kind of like a Word […]

July 18, 2022

my changing faces of illness.

As it is Disability Awareness Month, one thing I wanted to talk about – that I’ve mentioned before but never focused on as a topic – is the impact my assorted medications have had on my appearance, particularly the chemo drugs and the prednisone therapy. It may be a vanity issue – but, still, it […]

July 17, 2022

988

I just wanted to pass along that – as of July 16 – the new mental health 911 emergency type number for the United States is now live. It is simply 988. Goodness knows this is long overdue. Also, if you ever are in need of additional help, there are many options listed on the […]