the autoimmune hippie.

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

mental health.

  • 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

  • a thought-provoking article about chronic illness.

    I hope to share a few happy Thanksgiving week posts with y’all over the next few days – and Happy Thanksgiving week this Monday morning ❤ – but first I really need to share an article I came across that has taken my breath. Appearing on my homepage early today, it’s titled “After My Wife… Read more

  • chronic illness and feeling forgotten.

    Recently, I have been more ill than usual in some ways, with this fierce pneumonia persisting on top of frequent flares – and now a cataract surgery scheduled for next week as well (because I am so blind in my left eye that, uncorrected, my vision is 20/counting fingers – meaning I cannot see the… Read more