Or, A Journey Guided by a Phoenix Spirit Over the past year, an incredible bit of collaboration has been brewing. On the surface, it presents as the culmination of being able to release a new EDS ring splint. This is an exciting enough announcement, but allow me to take you behind the scenes of what went into the development of this splint.

Alternative Title: Why "Inspiration P*rn" Hurts The Chronic Illness Community Disability and admitting that one is disabled should not be a social faux pas. Everyone is fully able-bodied temporarily. Whether it ends in a sudden accident or the slow creep of life, we'll all face it in some way. Many of the more....let's call them inspirational for the sake of conversation...terms come from a place of discomfort.

I haven't written here in a long time. There's been surgery on both my elbows to release and stabilize a dislocating ulnar nerve. My mast cells have flared and there was a bit of a spiral when prednisone caused a mild anaphylaxis. The unexpected "fun" result of that? New and long term breathing problems. I've started seeing as sex therapist. …

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

An 8 x 10 art print of a completed formline illustration commission, featuring a river otter.

Edith Anderson Monture, a nurse from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, has garnered yet another accolade nearly 30 years after her death thanks in part to her grandson.