It’s one of the many public services I offer for free — Dear Baptists, I came across your trash early this morning in my emergency Walmart run. It was pissing down rain and will be all day. I had just finished my coffee, so I made my way inside as quickly as I could. Due to the fact that I’m physically disabled…

I dread the day my children really discover my work — My kids know I write, and they know that their internet access as a teenager is contingent on the fact that they do not seek out my work and read it. I have my children on my Facebook but they can’t see any of my posts. …

In some places in Australia you truly can be your own grandpa — Living in small, rural areas always has it’s own issues that some bigger places don’t have to deal with. Every place has things that aren’t good about it, but in my experience, the smaller the place, the worse the issues. For starters, everyone is always minding each other’s business, because…

It was something I needed but not allowed to have — I’ve stolen a lot of things in my time, and it’s not something I’m happy about. One of the things I stole the most as a child and young adult was books, and I thought writing some stories about books I have stolen might make for interesting reading. One ordinary…

Violence is so embedded in our culture we don’t recognize it — When we hear of yet another mass shooting in the news, or when we witness an armed robbery, it’s blatantly clear that those things are violent crimes. Often we are left feeling shocked that these things happen, although in the political climate of the United States of America today, we…

Conservatives will trash queer lives to maintain power — Conservatives have ramped up their culture war on queer people. They have always hated us, but now that they won the culture war on abortion, they needed a new cause otherwise they won’t be able to stir up moral panics. Without a moral panic for the conservatives to show up…

I’m also a human being that doesn’t deserve to be laughed at just because I’m poor — I’ve been unfortunate enough to have to hang around the kind of people who pull up the website People of Walmart to laugh at people who are socially awkward, and those who are too poor to shop anywhere else. Thankfully, I don’t know the kind of people who think this…

An appointment with a new medication provider — This essay contains descriptions of trauma such as drug use, and trafficking and may not be suitable for all readers. Note: I am not in need of nor am I asking for advice, I’m sharing part of my story (which my therapist believes is healthy). I’ve been working with a…

I’m committed to the stories I post but sometimes it is hard — Someone clearly unfamiliar with my work decided it was appropriate to talk down to me and give me advice on an article of mine recently. It was a vulnerable piece, and one that I don’t regret writing but wanted to take down because of this person’s response. In the end…