Like many writers, I have periods where poetry and essay spill from my fingertips as if I am just a conduit for words poured into me by the universe. A vessel. I also have times when I stare at the stark white screen while the cursor blinks reproachfully at me, taunting me when I am … Continue reading Writing During the Apocalypse
Living with chronic illness and feeling an obligation to minimize my chronically ill child's exposure to COVID-19 means that there are many things I don't feel like I can do right now. I may not be well enough (or able to take the risk) of joining a local protest but I sure as hell can … Continue reading Monday, June 1, 2020
I have noticed over the last week, that the tenor of the posts about Covid-19 and social lockdown have started to change. There is more arguing, more anger, and more divisiveness. Some of it has been triggered by the small but well-publicized protests against sheltering-in-place as well as people who still post vehemently on social … Continue reading Holding on to Humanity
Ever since the launch of Brave & Reckless, I have posted raw and intense writing about sexual trauma, shame, rage, symptoms of PTSD, and survival. Many of these pieces were not easy to write, and I assume that they have not always been easy to read. However, I owed it to myself to exorcise those … Continue reading Our Legacies
This is me, in my new go-to fashion accessory. Of course, that insinuates that I have actually left the house recently, which I haven't. I am chronically ill with a chronically ill 18-year-old, so aside from an appropriately socially distanced neighborhood walk or two, I haven't been anywhere since March 14th. I have been trying … Continue reading Living in a Pandemic
I am a prolific writer who has enough poetry, fiction, and essays in the archive that I can usually pre-schedule a significant amount of posts so that something goes up almost daily even if I am having a bad fibromyalgia flare-up or my muse is silent. I am currently nearing the end of writing I … Continue reading While Rome Burns
Brave & Reckless 