May has always been a wonderful, often celebratory month in the life of my family circus. There has been for what feels like forever, the whole Maycember end of school year frenzy – yes, even…

As I sit down to begin to write this post it is Nurses Day and the beginning of Nurses Week – ignore the hospital administrations that now refer to it as Hospital Workers Week or Healthcare H…

“No one ever told me about the laziness of grief. Except at my job – where the machine seems to run as much as usual – I loathe the slightest effort. Not only writing but even rea…

ALT: a woman in a brown coat is pointing at the camera while standing on a street .

It is not lost on me that 2025 has been the most difficult, sucktastic year for pretty much everyone in my circles. I have been reminding myself of this truth over the last few days, hours and minu…

Since Bill died, it feels as if most of the light has gone. Actually, it has gone in my corner of California as we have been blanketed by a persistent Tule fog for more than three weeks. Everything…

Lets not bury the lede, okay? My darling husband died November 7. Yeah. Most folk who regularly check into this site (or the Substack) who also follow me on social media already know this. Neverthe…

It’s Labor Day today and, for the first time in 35 years, I am not at work with laboring pregnant people as they welcome into this world brand new humans.

Not going to lie but last week felt heavy and hard living in this fascist regime; and then I received a text.

As I begin to write this, the grandchild who named me Mima is quite literally on the edge of seventeen.

Last month I alluded of home improvement plans my darling husband and I were about to begin — partly for accountability and perhaps partly to declare that you, the readers of this newsletter, are my w...

ALT: a woman sits at a desk with her hand on her chin and a picture of a police officer behind her

This week marks the anniversary for us which reminds us that the month of May is not just the celebration of so much goodness in our family’s life.

It seems that every time the month of May rolls in I end up writing about what a busy season it is for us filled with all kinds of events colliding together — because it really is for us.

not the first 100 days you think it is

I’ve been scrolling through years of photo files and turning the pages of so many photo albums this week thanks to RFK Jr.

President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”

Our neighbor across the street passed away earlier this month.

Recess is a time for members of Congress to return to their home states. They should be using this week to meet with their constituents, give space for their concerns, and take that back to D.C. Inst...

ALT: a woman in a green sweater is smiling and waving her hand .

Trying to live a normal life while unelected billionaires and misogynists burn it all down.

“It seems pretty clear that McClintock and his staff are not working with our best interests in mind. I challenge him to prove me wrong.”