To demonstrate color and texture

Debo’s Heaven

I want to be in Debo’s heaven. In regular heaven all the napkins are folded and the debits and credits line up. In Debo’s heaven…

the Hand

Kabul / Saigon

I have to press the skip button on the news feeds, now that every other story is about collaborators and sympathizers fleeing the Taliban. In…

Infant in pink snowsuit, text 0-5

Who are you, really? 0-5

I am the invisible, imaginary, twin friend of our beloved Writer. Generally I write in and of her in first person. But… for this series…

ASD VS SPD Revisited

SPD vs ASD revisited

In the decade that has passed, I have been forced to revisit Autism Spectrum Disorder as the classification that may best suit my suite of…

Sunset over the back field

Ramble about a walk

Watson and I went for a walk. His therapist, April – whom Watson accuses of being 15 years old, has been trying to talk him…

hourglass 10 years

What happened?!

What happened in September of 2011 that kept you away from your blog for 10 years? I got very sick and, sadly, I have not…

people love

What will people think?

I was playing an Authentic Relating Game, called “Curiosity”, on Zoom, with a man I feel a delightful connection to. He got to ask me…

Hamster Lust

Decades ago, before the reign of big box stores, when there was such a thing as an independently owned neighborhood pet store, I saw them…

my Journal

Executive Function

Periodically, I lie on my bed, with iPad suspended overhead, and let FB serve up a ridiculously long string of videos. This happened to me…

If Sensory Processing Disorder had been in the DSM

Had Sensory Processing Disorder been in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual my life would have changed when I left home to go to college. There,…