"review": Book of Shame 2025 Vol. 1
a collection of thoughts about and related to the Book of Shame 2025 Vol. 1: How UNHCR Fails to Protect Refugees in Libya, Tunisia, and Niger
book shares & reflections
Find book recommendations and reflections from reading to rebuild language as part of injury recovery and to understand what I observe in the world.
when rage fatigues, make way for a river..
thinking about when rage felt too much, when fatigue flattened, finding forever for liberation, becoming a river, in its wholeness
continuing thoughts on "war on terror"
continuing reflections first written months ago in a draft, sharing through fatigue, adding to a stream, or ocean of dissent
to unfurl and out reach/ out: part 2
Using a fern that was once my spring friend, unfurling toward things about myself, things that will be entangled, that will be connected with things I care about.
to unfurl and out reach/ out: part 1
With a flower that was once my spring friend, I write about unfurling, share reflections with a quote I appreciate from Walter Rodney, and begin to explain why I share books I was reading.
2025: Book about slavery or the afterlife of slavery by an author who is Black, Indigenous and/or part of the global majority
Book recommendations/suggestions for the Read, Seed, Water, Feed 2025 book challenge. Find your next book!
2025: Book written by an author from/written about Puerto Rico
Book recommendations/suggestions for the Read, Seed, Water, Feed 2025 book challenge. Find your next book!
water, and ways it is used to obstruct flow of life
Reflections on some of the ways water is (mis/ab)used by people w/power to harm people & communities that are Black, Indigenous, and/or part of the global majority in the past, present, and/or future.
distracting thoughts, and white disbelief about white violence
distracting thoughts, and what histories they might enable us to reflect on that the state and its allies have attempted to silence with propaganda
Read, Seed, Water, Feed reading challenge: overview
This is an introductory post for Read, Seed, Water, Feed, an intentionally reflective reading challenge born of disability—cognitive, invisible, physical—persistence, care, luck, love for the people of the planet, hosted on Storygraph.
writing about monsters when you don't have the words
I want to write about monsters. I still don't have the words. I start to write about this, sharing some of what I've previously written. But also, are there any words for the monsters of childhood?
hello again
I have been trying to explain about both myself and this website. For me they are seeds for many things. Whenever I attempt to do that, distractions and reflections bring up topics close to my heart. Also, waves, puddles, and being underwater.