Birth…Pain…Death
Talked to my therapist last night and reviewed that people's main response to danger is to go into a state of shock because shock reduces pain. Whether it's physical pain or the emotional pain of being yelled at by a boss or fearing an important relationship is about...
Good Ol’ Brown Paper Bags
The Jansport guarantee is that if your backpack ever breaks or malfunctions, you can send it in for them to repair or replace. I bought my rolling backpack five years ago and one of the wheels has stopped turning. Apparently the ball bearings "are shot," whatever that...
Kat Jernigan Pottery (Talkin’ ‘Bout Nipples)
At the annual Glenwood Arts Fest yesterday, I could not resist purchasing this mug. It sat among a table full of pottery, with several items that had ersatz testicles or penises. After feeling my usual weariness of more phallic imagery and wondering why we can't have...
Getting Killed by a White Supremacist
After Gilroy and El Paso and Dayton, it has sunk in at a new level for me that I could die any day. That has always been true, of course, but the frequency of the last three terrorist acts make it immediate for me. White men slaughtering people in public places has...
International Childfree Day!
According to Wikipedia, International Childfree Day was started in 1973 in the United States by the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, which at the time was the National Organization for Non-Parents. The day was originally Non-Parents' Day. I like the...
If You Could Stop Crimes Against Humanity, Would You?
My American friends, let's pretend you have the power to influence whether or not the United States continues to house elderly, sick, infant and child immigrants in very cold rooms, deny them proper nutrition, keep them from their families and cause them...
Grieving My Sweet Tooth
My physical and emotional dependence on processed sugar has caused me decades of pain. My physical need for all-day-long sweets started when I was a child. My childhood was so frightening that I developed unhealthy ways to cope and one of them was with cookies, ice...
15 Years of Chicana on the Edge!
I didn't have children, build an empire, or become famous, but today my blog is 15 years old! This is my big life accomplishment so far, and this might be it. I've lived a small life... Fun facts about my blog: 1. It started out quite pretentious. Here's...
Doing Depression Right
Previous post on weight & health: No change Working with an NRT practitioner since 2016 has taught me that there are endless ways our health can be messed up. We develop physical problems and/or inherit them from our parents, grandparents and ancestral line. We...
Used to hate queasy-cams
goddamn queasy-cam Cloverfield For 33 years I’ve gotten motion sickness when I watch movies filmed in the “queasy-cam” style (hand-held camera). Years ago, while watching The Blair Witch Project in the theater, I had to run to the women’s room to fully throw up, and...
Please Put Your Damn Cell Phone Away
Maybe I’m just old. So please respect old people by not looking at your phone!
Blog Oratory
A friend said he likes to listen to content instead of read it, so I made a video of myself reading my post, "Stop talking about INTENTION." If you want to hear me read my writing, here it is. This video is 3:02 (three minutes and two seconds) long. Apparently I make...