A few months ago, I started reading the blog posts of Irene North, a writer in Nebraska. She’s very articulate, passionate, and smart, and I find myself nodding often as I read her writing. Two days after the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, she published an amazingly thorough compilation of information about abortion, from history to access to digital privacy, and how to support different organizations. I was inspired by Irene’s two posts, the one last Friday and then Sunday’s, to write my own Speaking Out post on Sunday, and I borrowed (OK, stole) the black and white…
Sunday Thoughts: Speaking Out
It’s been a hard week to be a woman in America. Enjoy the pretty picture, then read on. (You might have noted that this isn’t a Sunday Serenity post, because I’m definitely not serene after Friday.)
BIg Spring, MO
In the middle of yet another heat wave (hello, second official day of summer!), here’s a post to chill you out and cool you off. Welcome to Big Spring, Missouri…
Weatherbeaten, Round 2
Oh, 2022, who would have guessed you’d be the year of weather weirdness. But here we are, half a year in, existing under a massive heat dome over much of the Plains, Midwest, and South. On June 11th, my phone started spitting out heat warnings on a twice-daily basis and they didn’t stop coming till the following Thursday afternoon. My move east to southern Illinois had started out so well…
State #45: Arkansas
Never have I ever… been in Arkansas. Not in a trailer, not in a car. Not in a plane or a train. So I didn’t quite know what to expect. Turns out I was pleasantly surprised at every stop in my 16 days going from west to east across the northern part of the state (aka the Ozarks).




