The Moment I Didn’t Want to Have (Temperance) The moment that stopped me wasn’t dramatic. It was my 10‑year‑old asking, “Can you get me a drink?” A simple request. A normal one. The kind a kid her age should feel
PDA isn’t a flaw. It’s a different operating system — one I didn’t choose, but had to learn. When I stopped forcing compatibility and started honoring its logic, the world softened. River stopped fighting me. Forest stopped feeling hostile. Belonging began.
A season of internal weather shifting — on clarity, boundaries, transactional gravity, and the quiet return to the self I’ve been carrying all along.
Weather Systems, Fertility, Grief, Overwhelm, and the Architecture of Work There are stretches of my life that feel less like chapters and more like weather systems—fronts that move in, linger, break apart, and shift without warning. I don’t always notice
Most people think care is a feeling. It isn’t. It’s a discipline — the quiet, unglamorous work of showing up where the world looks away. The ones who matter don’t rush to fix or judge. They sit in the mud with you until your eyes adjust. They bring a...
Linkedin From the Porch of the Asylum Between My Ears Signals, Systems, and the Canvas Breach That Wasn’t Just a Breach This week, a comment in a LinkedIn thread nudged something in me (Click on the LinkedIn button above for
Nutshell on the River’s Edge There are performances that feel like music, and then there are the ones that feel like someone opening a door they never meant to open. Nutshell from Alice in Chains’ MTV Unplugged set is the
Some Thoughts from the Asylum Between My Ears https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-democrats-redistricting-plan-dimming-partys-midterm-hopes/4101927/ There’s a fever in the heartland, and Virginia has been running its own version of it for a long time. People keep saying SCOVA “got it right.” No. The court didn’t
Professor Sol Smith joined our ERG this week for a focused session on neurodiversity in the workplace. His presentation challenged the assumption that employees should think, communicate, and perform in standardized ways. Instead, he framed inclusion as the work of