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Acquainted with Mr. Murphy

I feel like I haven’t blogged in so long! ((Because I haven’t.)) Some of you may know that myself, partner, and son participated in a documentary a few years ago. For our part, we spoke of the transgender experience. The docu-film isn’t through being edited and produced, but I stop and think of how different […]

Online conference

Check out this online conference, my bit was on at 2:15 EST Nov. 28, 2020, but the conference can be viewed in entirety. .. https://youtu.be/NLZRUlsYIMo Note: AsymptomaticSpread is real. Five people I love (a whole household) had #COVID19 The man pictured here has died. I don’t normally share things like this but here’s a link. […]

Seeing the person and not just the disability

My blog post is here today! https://the-art-of-autism.com/assistive-technology-helping-Seeing the person snd not just the disabilitymeans-truly-seeing-the-person-beyond-disability/

Covid Pasttimes

My mother used to say “She’s not a gusher…” to describe me when I opened a gift and was not raving outwardly about it. Then she’d laugh nervously as she always did when she was describing me. Of course I didn’t have a name for me then, (flat affect, autism, dysthymia) there’s many names I’d […]

My review of Jude Morrow’s Why does daddy always look so sad? and other notes

With my library closed, I’ve been doing more book reviews. I can obtain books I’m interested in and also read, which is something I enjoy.

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From mask to mask and other videos to stim on

🍌🌙Many short videos. Bits of short attention span videos. Hope they all load for you. 🍌🌙

Kimberly Gerry-Tucker Reviews the brilliant (autistic) poet Josh Corwin’s book: “Becoming Vulnerable”

……I am not sure how the sun sprains itself but I am awed with the pondering of it. In the poem “12:01 AM,” (first published in Al-Khemia Poetica in September 2019), I am transported to the memory……..

Just art by me

I haven’t much felt like writing. So this is all images. Here are a few more. Stay well.

ALS Sucks (excerpt from Under the banana moon) The Mighty

If you’ve read my book Under the Banana Moon, then you’re familiar with this story I wrote that The Mighty published recently. Excerpt here: https://themighty.com/2019/11/als-diagnosis-contrast-fall-beauty/?utm_source=engagement_bar&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=story_page.engagement_bar/

Halloween Shenanigans

I don’t have a single picture of me in costume as a child. Rolls of film cost money then and we chose carefully what to take pictures of. But I did find this memorable costume which I actually wore. The Princess with the butter-yellow hair ……