the autoimmune hippie.

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

adventures

  • scenes from Nashville.

    These are some random photos from our trips to Nashville last week that I found to be nifty and wanted to share. In addition to those shots, I took another series I am just smitten with. At the angel wing mural, entitled WhatLifts You, there is a tiny set of wings next to the large… Read more

  • on the road to see my bestie.

    Bug and I have been so looking forward to a visit with Ginny and Daniel in Nashville that we’ve had planned for a couple of months, and, when the opportunity to go for the NPR show came up earlier in the week (that, of course, we did not want to miss either), we knew it… Read more

  • new tiny ink.

    First, the return of Banned Books Friday will actually be this Monday – 😂 – because this week is super busy with wonderful things in the Hippie Hut, Bug and I are on the go again this weekend, and I am only about halfway finished with our post. (I’m so stoked to restart this series.… Read more

  • a tiny desk road trip.

    On Wednesday, Bug and I were lucky to road trip to Nashville for a wonderful day together – with tattoos (that I’ll be sharing in a separate post) and vintage shops and the best indie bookstore – as we led up to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert On The Road at the The Basement East. We… Read more

  • blogtober post 6 – a much needed adventure with my bestie.

    On Sunday, I was so so thankful to spend a wonderful day with my bestie of forever, my Ginny, meeting for a mini-adventure in Huntsville. We met at a lovely pizzeria that is actually on the ground floor of the Huntsville Museum of Art for lunch – and it was delicious. They had some fantastic… Read more

  • road tripping with my precious family – and spoonie sick.

    Twice over the weekend, we postponed our trip to the lake to visit Pop for his birthday and Father’s Day owing to my leftover illness/resultant flare that has just been stubbornly hanging on. Along with some (at times) overwhelming fatigue and gnarly body pain, I’ve been dealing with the edges of the really ugly CRPS… Read more

  • fernweh (so much this now).

    fernweh (German): an ache for distant places, missing places you’ve never been. *craving for travel* As you know if you’ve been here for awhile, I love to travel. Big adventures, small road trips, little outings around town. . . I just love finding new things to get into with my people. Well. . . Between… Read more

  • fabulous road tripping, visiting my beautiful bestie, accepting disability accommodations – and knowing that staircases are my mortal enemy now.

    We are in the middle of a wonderful road trip to see my bestie/sister friend, Ginny, in Tennessee and it has been just fabulous. Of course, as my CRPS has taken on a life of its own, I’m having to learn to live and travel differently – and this trip I had booked a room… Read more

  • changes.

    As y’all can see, things are different here today, and, after saying for so long that I wouldn’t be a chronic illness blogger, I’ve realized that it is time to let go of those ideas. When I was reading through my friend Sara Frankl’s book, Choose Joy, a few weeks ago, she wrote this about… Read more

  • a fabulous birthday trip to my beloved city for my sara bug – and some not so fabulous health news. . .

    From Monday through Thursday of this past week, my Sara Bug, my Al, and I were off on a fabulous adventure to my favorite place in the world, my home, to celebrate Sara’s Sweet 16. NOLA We headed to NOLA – for Sara and Al’s first visit – and had the most amazing time. We… Read more