Category Archives: Other

Because #BlackLivesMatter

Posted on July 12, 2016 by

Looking at my Facebook feed, filled with posts from my social justice-oriented friends, it is easy to sit back, to feel like everything has been said.  That anything I say would be preaching to the choir.  But the protest posters … Continue reading →

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Still breathing

Posted on December 9, 2014 by

I feel like my last post needs some kind of follow-up.  I have a back-log of “regular” posts (at least in my head), but jumping right into, “and here was my experience making soy milk,” doesn’t quite seem right.  So, … Continue reading →

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I can’t breathe

Posted on December 4, 2014 by

I recognized my body’s reaction and reminded myself to breathe. Because I could. Because no one’s hands were around my neck, cutting off the oxygen that these human bodies require to live. Continue reading →

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Using my words

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

I have a lot to share here, but it all feels trivial.  And I don’t feel fully qualified to talk about what isn’t trivial, as Heather so pointedly stated a few months ago: Because who the hell am I? I … Continue reading →

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Say something

Posted on August 16, 2014 by

Despite living less than 18 miles from Ferguson, MO, I didn’t hear about the events that unfolded last weekend (and continue to unfold) until more than forty-eight hours later.  In a small cabin south of Crater Lake in Oregon, I … Continue reading →

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