the autoimmune hippie.

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

1000 gifts 2026

  • 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