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What to Say to Your Doctor if You’re Not Being Heard
It’s all too common for doctors to blow off women’s complaints, or to blame everything a fat person of any gender reports as being due to their size. If you think a doctor isn’t listening to you, here are some…
National Literacy Month: What book got you hooked on reading?
I’m still cleaning up the blog, trying to combat link rot. Somehow, I fell into looking at the draft posts. This one is from 2009 and I haven’t the foggiest notion as to why I didn’t publish it. Today’s prompt…
Music, Music, Music
Wow. I found a draft of a post from 2008, and much of it is still relevant, so I’m updating and sharing it. I’ve been listening to more music lately, which is good. I love music, and honestly, I hear…
Do you have to finish books you start?
This started out as a comment on a poll over at GoodReads. It got too wordy and I figured it would be better to turn it into a post. I used to refuse to quit reading after starting a book,…
Peppermint Purple SAL 2022 Week 9
Week 9 of the 2022 Peppermint Purple Stitch-a-long is done! This week’s block was a nuisance because I was distracted. I stitched it in the wrong place first, then another wrong place. Then I left that there, stitched it in…
Peppermint Purple SAL 2022 Week 7
All caught up to this week’s block (week 7) and the inner border is complete. Now I need to do the outer border, but I’m also busy working on the 2021 SAL.
Atheists and Moral Compasses
I’m putting this here so that I can find it again later: Yes, Atheists Do Have a Good Moral Compass Study Shows It certainly isn’t a surprise to me, but it will be useful for some debates.
Peppermint Purple 2022 SAL Week 6
I finished this week’s block and got 75% of the outer border done. Design by Peppermint Purple
Why Defining “Polyamory” IS Important
I found this draft of a post from February 2014, and while I wouldn’t ordinarily react to anything as old as that post, the draft was too good to toss away. I don’t normally respond to other people’s blog posts,…