Truth here. I’m also in treatment, and there is so much that is in the balance. My therapist asked me if I was interested in a support group led by her peer, which included a bunch of other women with the same issues, and I was like “fuck no, I don’t want to talk to other crazy people!”

I realize that there are…

Oh my god, I am so sorry. No mother should have to go through that. So much love and prayers and hugs for you.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

I for one am thrilled that You Noble Are Back with this tantalizing set of facts. No sarcasm at all. Kinda wish I could see the tracks tattoo!

This essay is excellent, Stassa. Thank you for some really great writing about this.

Between the photos of this incident, and the others mentioned in the comments so far, I immediately thought of the Eddie Adams photo “General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon” shared here.

Man, the beebs looks high as fuck in these pics.

Can we stop for a minute on this note though? Working in the not-for-profit world is hard, taxing, and incredibly frustrating when the work is vilified under “administrative costs.” I’m not opposed to people having administrative costs if there is an actual solid benefit and visible/transparent projects that they…

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Absolutely this.

My nieces and nephews are allowed a limited number of toys, and they are all tied to special events (stuffed animals from a vacation where they went to the zoo, for example.) So I gift them a “adopted” endangered animal - the funds go to WWF, and they get a small stuffed animal that represents the…

It’s an Iroc-Z, ya know.

I ordered pizza bc our oven died the night before thanksgiving in a spectacular and sparkly electric fire (no harm to house or creature.)

Husband is an Xmas enjoying atheist, and I am Jewish, so I got the menorah out today, and created our annual “festive holiday gathering of sparkles”:

OK, gotcha. That seems....odd, based on what I know of the Woodman estate, but I guess there’s gotta be some way to continue the legacy of her images.

Cropping it as is done in the header does a true disservice to the actual image. While a credit is given, it’s not TRUE credit, and I am skeptical of the allowance of the Woodman estate to allow for her photographs to be used for “blog headers”.

Mine has been up and down at various times, bordering from low-normal to EXTREMELY low (Ferritin Serum/plasma level of 3-4, rather than the range of 11-250). Apparently it can lead to restless leg/body movements.

I am really curious about this, because I have been to a sleep specialist, and he left me to my mental health team for meds and therapy. I’m just starting prazosin for night terrors as part of my sleep therapy....and I am curious about these descriptions of the sleep paralysis being cured by a cpap.

This experience is VERY familiar for me.

How’s your iron? Just cuz I have had similar issues.

I had that happen in an apartment complex I lived in.

Did you ever see the Michael Moore “Bowling for Columbine” film? He interviewed a bunch of Canadians in Sarnia about how they felt perfectly safe and never locked their doors.

I used to live across the river in Port Huron, and we never locked our doors either. Though, one night, I had someone walk in while I was doing…