A life in progress: quotes, swearing, outbursts, food, tea and more.
Some patients in the US have reimagined care for those in crisis, and are implementing their ideas. These two peer counselors were each hospitalized multiple times due to wanting to end it all. Their critique of the current system and "risk assessment" is brilliant. They are Lisa Forestall and Caroline White from the patient led … Continue reading Patients Critique Care For People In Crisis & Do It Themselves
I no longer read things that don't make sense. There are a lot of them out there. Similarly, if a headline is a confusing tangle, I skip that article. If someone I know is not making sense, I usually don't try to get to the bottom of it anymore. Most of the time it wasn't … Continue reading I stopped reading things that don’t make sense
Just read another disabled person raging at our "allies." She had a long list of instructions for them that didn't make sense to me. I am disabled. I'm not sure exactly who these allies are but I wonder if their allegiance would withstand these outbursts. A lot of well-meaning people would help a disabled person … Continue reading Raging At Your Allies
Stop trying to sell me stories about their divorces, etc.
The Chinese use this term for people who travel thousands of miles to work in other countries. Today I met a man who has been driving a cab in my city since 1992. He is getting ready to retire. His family lives in his home country 8,000 miles away. He flies home to visit his … Continue reading “Astronaut Commuter”
New Wave: Dare To Be Different seen on basic cable (MTVClassic?) This documentary tells the story of renegade radio station WLIR of New York. They were one of the first radio stations in the US to play many of the most important bands of the late twentieth century. According to Wikipedia, station personnel drove to … Continue reading Worth watching: documentary about rebel radio
I was going to go to the Sunday farmers market tomorrow. I wondered why the woman who does her laundry every Friday was doing it today. Then my device said it was Friday but I didn't believe it. I asked Google what day it was. Google eventually said it was Friday too. Whoa.
I was able to bake for the first time in years after a break due to physical and situational issues. Thank God! Made some grain free popovers. They're not bad, or as I now regard any baked goods I can eat: crunchy golden brown heaven! I've been watching an overlooked gem on TCM. Batchelor Mother … Continue reading Baking grain free popovers and watching a Christmas movie
Cause It's Like That 