There are a lot of support needs in life. That's great. We all need and help each other. What's not great is when the support needs turn you into support...| annie's blog
Have you noticed there are a lot of dumb little decisions to make? Have you also noticed that most of these decisions, while dumb, are not necessarily easy? There’s not...| annie's blog
I did some of what I wanted to do and completely missed on other things. This was a nice focus for the month.| annie's blog
Summer reading: Escapism served hot and fresh. Now I’m off to buy myself a hot and fresh personal pan pizza because baby, I earned it.| annie's blog
Let there be lapsesWeeds in the garden, unswept porches,A walk never taken,A flower unnoticed,Missed bill, missed text, missed appointment.| annie's blog
When little trends roll around the blogging world that I’m not into, I ignore them. People get to do things. I don’t need to be part of it. I can put my attention elsewhere. I don’t need to express my opinion of everything. I am breaking that personal rule because this trend has spread from the blogging world to the world of face-to-face conversations. As I see it, I now have two options: 1) Projectile vomit on the next person who attempts this in conversation or 2) Blog about it. May...| annie's blog
This is very simple but sometimes the simplest changes work really well.| annie's blog
A week notes addendum with an actual update, maybe.| annie's blog
My therapist said humor is a healthy coping mechanism as long as I can also honestly acknowledge my real feelings.| annie's blog
Lots of driving. I am made of iced coffee and beef jerky. The highway is life.| annie's blog
I’ve been slowly sorting through and cleaning up my disorganized collection of notes. I came across one from a few years ago when I was reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown. This quote in particular keeps ringing ringing ringing in my head:| annie's blog
I saw this invitation to A Small Web July from small cypress and knew I wanted to join in. Here are my personal guidelines:| annie's blog
“We can learn to make one-time decisions that make a thousand future decisions so we don't exhaust ourselves asking the same questions again and again. — Greg McKeown” Here are...| annie's blog
A wave is made of two parts: the crest and the trough. If you take away the trough, there is no crest. There is only still water. Calm. Undisturbed. Happiness is like the crest of the wave.| annie's blog
Today is my 44th birthday. Here are some things I want to keep in mind for the year ahead.| annie's blog
Two modes for learning. Both essential. Exploring is preliminary, faster, wider, and often more fun. Diving comes next. It’s slower, deeper, more difficult, but ultimately more satisfying.| annie's blog
A non-exhaustive list of how I, a middle class white woman living in the U.S., have benefited and am continuing to benefit from the racism built into our systems and embedded in our culture.| annie's blog
A collaborative effort, from me and the emails in my junk folder. ““You are being contacted to help improve the services you receive.”” Dear beneficiary Let’s talk. You Are Designed...| annie's blog
Jesus was anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-classist, anti-ableist, anti-religious, and anti-violence. He was pro-welfare, treated women as equals, and refused to pass judgment on people’s sexual choices. He was very protective of children....| annie's blog
Here is a surefire way to figure it out. Or close enough, I guess. One time when Lily was still quite young but past the regular napping stage, she was...| annie's blog
I like them a lot. I was really just a child myself when I had them. So young, knowing nothing. I was 25 when my oldest was born. I turned...| annie's blog
Halfway through May, but whatever. Here are the books I read last month. Sex and poetry, basically. I don’t know. Woman Hating by Andrea Dworkin Dworkin’s writing is spare, direct,...| annie's blog
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite...| annie's blog
Renewal: It is the breath or the pause between breaths. It is the step or the poised, gathered energy between steps. It is never an ending: it is a beginning, or...| annie's blog
When I was 16 or 17 years old, I stood with a group of people outside an abortion clinic. I was holding a sign that said, “Choose Life.” I was...| annie's blog
God help me, fediverse, we have got to stop being so pedantic.| annie's blog
🎶 This was fun. I was tagged by @mb (here’s his) and it only took me like 3 weeks to finally get it done. 🎶 What are five of your...| annie's blog
This particular post could be written in any week of any year and be relevant. Because, well, there’s always someone who’s just been found out. Someone whose art is beautiful...| annie's blog
1You matter. I matter. Everything matters. 2You are not alone. You have never been alone. You will never be alone. You are not alone and you are not broken. 3Don’t...| annie's blog
