I have been thinking about this book – The Deficit Myth in all the ways in which we have been told, mostly through politicians; and all the ways in which we have been told falsely. Taught falsely, believed falsely. I am not going to be able to extrapolate every marked point in this book. But I want […]
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Bucket #1
I came upon this author from a podcast – will post below. A super interesting woman, quite brilliant. I decided I must get her book. As I was reading some of it last night, I had a hunch. I checked out the New York Times bestseller list and there it was number 13. Since I […]
Stepping in
I want to take a moment and say thank you. I am so happy to be back at work. I am so happy to see my friends are okay. I am so happy to be doing what I have been trained to do for the last 17 years. My body is probably in a little […]
Hearts ease
I don’t know if I ever told you but I wasn’t much of a reader growing up. I wasn’t much of a reader in my teens. I had this inability to sit still. I think I had a fair amount of anxiety and uneasiness swimming around in my body and mind. Then a slow shift […]
How to answer –
My heart is heartbroken. My heart is heartbroken for George Floyd’s family. My heart is broken for my city, Minneapolis, the city I love. The city where I call home and where my dear friends and family live. This isn’t a usual post for me, but the images, the sounds, and the messages I have […]
We should carry
When the sun sets and the moon is flat, that beam across the sky is not meant for you or me singularly- it is meant for the world to see and the world to believe there is more than. Not in wanting but in the knowing. Where the grass beneath the earth has yet to […]
Goodness
This is a very difficult time in history and it isn’t even history yet. I submitted my last papers over this weekend and it always feels so good to do so. I struggled with this relatively short paper I had to write, 7-10 pages. I just got over onto the 8th page and I was […]
Pockets
I just finished Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes – and it is one of my most favorite books. By the end, tears welled. It is a beautiful, riveting book that just fills your heart. I want to share a couple: “Course Correction” When the paper landed back on my desk, scarred with the letter B, I nearly […]
Here
There is a vastness you cannot encompass, you cannot imagine unless you are standing at the reference point. Dirt roads disappeared into corn fields and the reappeared into acres of greens and browns. The half dead and half awakened earth. The rough dirt and rocks throwing up dust from vehicles of weight and speed. Paying […]
BIG glorious baskets
Last week I had an interesting conversation with my doc in MN. We had a virtual appointment to check-in. She always asks me what I am learning in school. I picked up one of my books and started talking about disability myths and named a few of them. I spoke about ableism/disablism, and how ableism […]