I'll
start this new post with some music by Miles Davis;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3W_alUuFkA
Listen
more closely. That's my life lesson from last week when I was pondering my ways. Communicate better. Always make agreements clearly. Pay attention.
Last
week, I surfed across this gutsy disability advocacy group,
http://bolshydivas.weebly.com/.
Interesting stuff from Aussie land.
Got
into an interesting conversation with a friend after the shooting in
San Bernandino about guns. I'm not ready to carry a gun yet. Are you?
Her perspective was how grateful you'd be if you were somewhere and
there was a shooter and someone in your group had a gun and could
defend you. That's true, but I'm not used to thinking about people
around me carrying. I grew up through the Vietnam War, the Civil
Rights non-violent movement and had grown into a 58 year old
pacifist. I like to read Christopher Hitchens and watch his debates
on youtube. In one, he talked about a the compromise of a well-trained militia in exchange for the
military-industrial complex and went a little more in depth about the
Second Amendment. That sounds like the track I'll continue in. I'll probably be educating myself more on
firearms, just because it sounds more and more like I may need it.
This women's disability group is in England, and inspired by Frida Kahlo,
hence the name;
http://www.sisofrida.org
They're focused on the Arts and were having
a
Film Festival with 2 movies: “Margarita with a Straw” and
“Chocolate”, from Thailand. If I find these movies on Netflix or the library or anywhere free, I'll try my hand at reviewing them.
Gregor
Wolbring is an interesting guy with a disability in this video by
“Rooted in Rights”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLaYgKAZMUNMx-XDaXffB0PE6OJBq_MBCr&v=uc5P3URLiiA
This is their Arts Selections series.
I'll
leave with suggested reading: James Baldwin's “The Fire Next Time”,
what I'm reading currently. He wrote so honestly about his life, always pushing back against white superiority and homophobia on the cutting edge, without bitterness and with a whole lotta love.
I gave myself the present of a camera. Next time, pics~
Please leave a comment/writing criticism, etc., so I can figure out if that part of this blog is working. Thanks! And here's hopes you'll have a relaxing, loving Winter break!
great post
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping me with this process, Nathan!
DeleteI've never read someone's blog before. I'm a co-sharer (my word) of FSHD. That's how I got here, from the FSHD Facebook site. I found your writing so interesting. I love reading, but haven't read in quite a while due to some really bad depression, but I really liked to hear about how you go about your days. I'm only 2 years diagnosed and still walking on my own. I live by myself and have not worked for 1 1/2 years and have pretty much lost the few friends I did have because I have had to cancel so many planned events due to being to nauseous or too exhausted to attend and, therefore, people stopped making plans with me. I'm ashamed to say I feel like I've been wallowing in a lot of grief, not just my disease, other things as well and have downsized to a small villa and I pretty much every day just stare at the television or read what's on FB. My place looks like a disaster since hardly anything's been put away, so I'm going to try what you wrote about doing something that's really important first thing in the morning for a specified time and hopefully I'll get my house squared away and then I can start living my life again. I'm sorry for the long reply, but you really hit home with me. I'm going to Bookmark you so I can continue to follow you. Thanks again for sharing. Vanessa
ReplyDeleteI appreciate comment's Vanessa. I hope you're finding some help for your depression and grief. Sometimes we just need someone else to talk to. Sometimes it take medication because the chemicals in our body just are being processed right. Writing helps me unload and just search how I really feel about things.Good luck in getting settled into your new place and the new changes in your life!
DeleteVanessa, I just learned from replying to your comment to always do a spell check before hitting publish because I can't figure out how to edit a reply. In my reply I meant sometimes the chemicals in our bodies are NOT being processed right.
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