Ramya was living in New Mexico and went to the ER with chest pain and difficulty breathing on Saturday evening or night, not sure of the time ( Read more... )

I grew up reading science fiction so I learned from a young age what radiation is and the horrors of what it can do after a nuclear war or incident ( Read more... )

Crowned on a pile of bloody rubble where once there were beautiful, modern cities and vibrant people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz9DX_VMXdI

Metallica: King Nothing

"Today I want to address all citizens of Russia. Not as president - I address Russian citizens as a citizen of Ukraine. We share more than 2,000 km of common border. Today your troops stand along it - almost 200,000 soldiers, thousands of combat vehicles. "Your leadership has approved their step forward to the territory of another country. And this ( Read more... )

Fat Patients’ Bias Epidemic: https://medium.com/@thefatshadow/the-bias-epidemic-8f27e79bd21c

Excerpt:

"Have you ever been misdiagnosed by a doctor due to your size? What were the repercussions of your misdiagnosis?” I asked on Twitter. I had become ( Read more... )

Years ago I took a moment to reflect on what writing about Mahasraya was like, having to capture how I felt and thought about him in the past versus my more mature understanding as I recovered from the abuse and gained the perspective of greater life experience. Here is the link to that post:http

I found out a few days ago that my first husband died of a blood clot on May 31st. Apparently he had a complication from a surgery and returned to the hospital and was in critical condition before he died. He was 4 years older than I am, born on September 26, 1954 ( Read more... )

Thinking about this story today and my Great-grandpa, George Lee Elschlager ( Read more... )

My godmother, Grace, requested this to be read at her funeral ( Read more... )

I'm sad that it's so difficult to talk about what's happening between Israel and Palestine right now without bending into a verbal pretzel to not seem insensitive to those hurt on either side or to be taking sides or not on the "right" side. I'd like to be on the "side" of peace and mutual respect, nonviolence and ending oppression. I'm on the " ( Read more... )