the autoimmune hippie.

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

writer.

  • things it turns out this writer will do to avoid working on a heavy post. . .

    Water every plant in the house – and I have many. Start cleaning out my email – long overdue – of which there are 1,284 in one inbox and 2,585 in the other. Literally. (and, no, that doesn’t include spam) Begin using my acupressure mat again as planned. Have one helluva time getting off the… Read more

  • come, let us reason – and read – together.

    Like most – or, really, all – writers, I am a passionate reader. In fact, when I made my vision board for this year, one of my goals was to spend several hours each day reading. Of course, as y’all know, life went off the rails unexpectedly in January and that didn’t happen. Nor did… Read more

  • doing the little things I can, making small steps forward with my health, rejoicing in simple but perfect blessings . . . grateful for my smurf life.

    If I could tell the world just one thing It would be we’re all okay And not to worry because worry is wasteful And useless in times like these I won’t be made useless Or be idle with despair I’ll gather myself around my faith For light does the darkness most fear. My hands are… 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

  • i believe.

    i believe in loving my people – two and four legged – big, with all of my might. i believe in being kind, to humans and animals and the earth. i believe in giving, whenever i am able, of my time, care, and resources. i believe in grand adventures and weenie dogs and road trips… 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

  • what? are you writing a book about it or something?

    So, I said at the beginning of the year that this would be the year of writing my (hopefully first) book. And I HAVE been working on something – and it’s okay. . . It just hasn’t really flowed, I think? It didn’t seem to be the right thing. And then I had another idea… Read more

  • so so grateful.

    When I shared my previous post on Facebook, I had to laugh and tell everyone that I felt like the April Fools was on me, because, as sure as I wrote it all, my CRPS launched into a full pain crisis and has stayed there. I still meant – and mean – every word of… Read more

  • i’m really sick – but i’m really good too.

    Y’all, it seems that my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is trying to flare in a bizarre sort of way right now. I’ve written about it before but CRPS is sort of a medical anomaly anyway and it is new to me as well as I just developed it at the end of last year… Read more

  • wherever you go, go with all your heart.

    It was a busy weekend in the Hippie Hut. On Friday, my better half and I went to visit our family and just had a wonderful day with them. ❤ Then. . . On Saturday, my bestie, Al, my daughter, Sara, and I loaded up for our long-awaited trip to Atlanta to hear Nadia Bolz-Weber… Read more