This is my first blog post since everything has changed. Everything. So where to start? To begin with, today I am not going to talk about the… Read more “Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition”
Category: Friends
My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse
This week I had to check my whiteness two times, first at the ONA Coalition National Gathering and then at the UCC General Synod. The lesson was… Read more “My White Privilege: An Unexpected But Unsurprising Glimpse”
A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida
Like all GoT fans, Sarah and I had been awaiting Season 8 for two years. For the last month, we’ve been organizing our weeks around Sunday nights… Read more “A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida”
Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana
The cat hated everybody. Everybody, that is, except me. And Sarah, of course–but she had owned Sarah for seventeen years, so that was to be expected. I… Read more “Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana”
Recovering from Fundamentalism, Part 1
One of my friends is, like me, a recovering fundamentalist Christian. She suggested that I might get to the root of my issues, whether about relationships, teaching,… Read more “Recovering from Fundamentalism, Part 1”
On Writing, Part 1: Friends and Me
I have lately begun surrounding myself with friends who are either Sagittarius or who have backgrounds in a counseling or therapy profession, or both. I did not start… Read more “On Writing, Part 1: Friends and Me”
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