the autoimmune hippie.

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

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  • tales of my post-op week – and looking forward to writer’s conference.

    Oh, the beauty of the King You make righteous those who seek You have written and redeemed my story Let my eyes see Your kingdom shine all around Let my heart overflow with passion for Your name Let my life be a song, revealing who You are For You are salt and light Oh, the… Read more

  • feeling 42, getting iv’s, and chasing myself

    It’s a wild rumpus – mostly in the best way – here  as I’m wrapping up writing my book and keeping up with school work. I have several posts I plan to write next week – once I have my book draft over to my fabulous friend and editor, Cheryl – but this week is… Read more

  • Buckle up, buttercup. . .

    Well, y’all, it’s 3:06 AM on Sunday and I’ve just submitted the first pass of assignments for my classes at State. I’ll be up for awhile doing some writing for my book and I’m in a pile of a million notes and my to-do list is 12.2 miles long and my body is, well, my… Read more

  • geeking out on some last words.

    As most of my readers know, I am writing a book about death – the dying process, coping with it, grief, those types of things. As a part of that, I do plenty of reading and research – and I’ve been working on something that has been really fun and interesting. Well, fun and interesting to… Read more

  • charlotte bronte died from morning sickness. . .

    Look around, Look around  At how lucky we are to be alive right now. . . – – The Schuyler Sisters, Hamilton As I’ve been working on some things for my book this evening, I stumbled across something I didn’t know before: Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre, is widely thought by her biographers to… Read more

  • time to write a (long) story.

    Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? — Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda Like many others, I was anxiously awaiting the premiere of Hamilton on Disney Plus earlier this month. I’ve been a long time lover of musical theatre and a performer of it in my youth and I couldn’t wait to see if this actually… Read more

  • some complications, keeping my head above water, and my new sidekick.

    I’ve got to keep the calm before the storm I don’t want less, I don’t want more Must bar the windows and the doors To keep me safe, to keep me warm Yeah, my life is what I’m fighting for Can’t part the sea, can’t reach the shore And my voice becomes the driving force… Read more

  • changing my word.

    As I wrote in my previous post, I got REALLY sick earlier this month and will be on IV therapy for the next several weeks as I continue to heal. I went septic – which I’m still shaken over – and, earlier this evening, I saw this article, which hasn’t helped my feelings: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sepsis-now-bigger-killer-cancer-21295621?fbclid=IwAR2bej6E8qMtiMmngnfNLawPXfQaSBiQjp9ac_v7lEL_j_CTpGNd9I0qFaI Apparently,… Read more

  • my new year’s wish for all of us.

    My New Year’s Wish for all of us is always this one: And, y’all. . . Live big. Love God, love people. Make beautiful things. Choose joy. Happy New Year. 🖤🖤🖤 Read more

  • a tale of two books.

    I’ve been in deep for the past four or five days with two books about death – one wonderful book I read while researching my own book and another one a true crime read that also gutted me, saying goodbye to a writer I adored way too young.  It started when I decided to finally read… Read more