Category Archives: Mental Health

Neuroplasticity: it’d be so much easier if our brains were made from Play-doh

I’m poor. Constantly broke. I’ve lived in poverty my entire life. I was raised, first by a political collective of people who believed poverty was a virtue and an ideal, and then by a single mother who had no support … Continue reading →

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A few photos a video and a song or two because it’s too hot for words

For the past few days the thermometer has been pushing towards 40C (104F), which is stupid hot. It’s starting to cool off tonight, and it’s supposed to get much nicer for the weekend, but it’s still +30C in my apartment. … Continue reading →

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My daughter gets her gravestone

I don’t believe there’s an ‘afterlife’. I believe this is it, there is nothing after. I do believe we are made of atoms. We are a collection of pieces that makes us each unique. Other than how they’re grouped together, … Continue reading →

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Updated: A gravestone update plus a video of me pushing my son around and some thunder

Whoops, I screwed up the security settings on the videos… sorry about that. They’ll work now. In its 100-year history the company constructing the headstone for our daughter has never, ever, had a request to have the family there when … Continue reading →

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Days from his ninetieth birthday my grandfather has to start all over again

We’re celebrating my grandfather’s ninetieth birthday this week. I’m having a hard time believing we’ll be doing it for ninety-one next year. There was a fire recently that left him and my grandmother homeless. At the moment the most likely … Continue reading →

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Hearing for the first time what I missed for four months

For the first time since January 24, 2012, I can hear out of both ears. It’s not perfect, but it’s really, really close. On January 25 I lost my hearing due to an infection. At its worst I had no … Continue reading →

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