the autoimmune hippie.

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

writing

  • coming soon. . .

    Well, y’all, it’s almost here. In about a week, my book will be released on Amazon and we will have dates for events hopefully this week. I am so excited and cannot wait to share her with y’all. Since it’s almost time, I wanted to post again that there is a playlist, if you would… 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

  • banned books friday #30.

    This Banned Books Friday, y’all, as we are nearing the end of this project, I am grouping together two books that have nothing in common – that we might finish this up next week and get on to our new banned books project I am so excited for. ❤ This week’s books are Richard Wright’s Native… Read more

  • anxious times.

    I have recommended Nina Rigg’s gorgeous memoir The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying more times than I can count, in person, in blog posts, in articles – and most certainly will again – and, this week, I have been listening to it again on audio as the world has felt crashing around us… Read more

  • banned books friday #29 – it’s finally back.

    Some months ago, our Banned Books Fridays derailed as did our book reporting – and it did so during time when I feel that shouting against book bans and censorship is absolutely imperative as our rights are being threatened on many fronts. (Unfortunately, surgery and sickness prevailed for a bit.) That said, both Banned Book… Read more

  • 46 books.

    As it is almost my 46th birthday in a few hours as I begin writing, I expect this will be my only other list of 46 this week – and, of course, it is my favorite. ❤ This year has been a wonderful one in books – and I have been blessed to share many… Read more

  • national word nerd day 2025.

    Dearly beloved, until today, I was unaware of National Word Nerd Day – however, it has delightfully come to my attention now and we simply must observe it here at the Autoimmune Hippie, home of one seriously geeky little word nerd – and her baby word nerd chiweenie too. 😂 We also have a gnarly… Read more

  • banned book friday #9 – the remaining tolkien and more vonnegut, all good things this week.

    This week’s Banned Book reading has been pleasurable all around. First, I finished J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy with The Two Towers and The Return of the King. I know I’m repeating myself from last week but this series is one I wish everyone would read: if you haven’t read LOTR, please consider adding it… Read more

  • a bit more poetry to end poetry month.

    As we wrap up National Poetry Month, April 28th was National Great Poetry Reading Day – which is as it sounds 😉 – and the 29th was Poem In Your Pocket Day – to encourage everyone to write their own poetry or create their own art. Though we’ve had a few different kinds of poetry… Read more

  • banned books friday #6 – my first ever dnf & a classic reread to share.

    This week’s Banned Books Friday is different for sure. My hold on Nabokov’s Lolita came up at the library – so it was this week’s first read. I have not read it before. Like most of us, I am familiar with the subject matter, a adult with sexual attraction to teenaged girls. Beyond that, I did… Read more