Join us!

www.theorphan-age.com/the-orphanag... I’m in this one!

Current read. 🤯

Join us— should be a great reading!

Current read. The first essay, written in 1974, talks about an unelected person who, without drawing much attention, dramatically changed the dynamics of a state and affected the quality hundreds of thousands of lives. Most importantly, the people harmed get to tell their stories.

Sycamore, or tree god?

Did I sing along? Yes, I did.

I wish I had a river I could skate away on. — Joni Mitchell

Book Mail! I bought a chapbook by a poet I stumbled across on Substack and look how pretty it is— it’s hand bound, and the cover has collage and stitching on it. Can’t wait to read.

This week’s read is a short history of culturally accepted violence towards women since the end of medieval times.

Hey, look! It’s my favorite neighbor!

Current reads.

“We can always start from a place of respect.”

Wordle 1,614 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The day is off to a fortuitous start.

I love buying chapbooks from poets I meet on social media. This is a solid collection— I particularly enjoyed a poem titled Rooftop.

1000 straight days of remembering to turn on the Insight Timer app when I meditate.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

🤦🏼‍♀️ one of the gifts of aphantasia.

This (moderate) level of racial competency is VERY rare for someone of this demo; white folks should’ve been listening to and learning from people like this for decades. Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won. White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁

Time to circulate this again.

Grateful to have my work included! simplebooklet.com/phillitfall2...

Isn’t the Missouri River pretty today?

Also, a lot of people being dehumanized, detained, and deported have been paying taxes without being eligible for the services our taxes are meant to provide. This, too, is a conscious decision.

youtube.com/shorts/sAmcu... This seems like a pretty good assessment of what’s happening.

Was not expecting Elmo when I went for a walk through the woods yesterday.

The 2024 Kansas City Writer’s Place Yearbook is out. cdn.wildapricot.com/292117/resou...

Compromises were made.

The PBS local stations are at risk! PLEASE donate what you can to support them and keep them going ❤️‍🩹 My local public media station I’m supporting is KQED. Which is your local station? 💙🩵 #SupportPBSandNPR @pbs.org @npr.org

I keep thinking about how Gov Abbott had plenty of funds to fly and bus migrants all across the country but couldn't come up with a million for a flood warning system.

August 16 in Kansas City, KS— should be a great reading.

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

This guy’s providing a valuable public service. I look forward to seeing all the things people share for show-and-tell every week.

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Florida last week when a group of teens was filming a video with multiple guns and one discharged, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.

Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.

We’ve got a great reading coming up in June!

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search. In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

12 Books About the Japanese-American Incarceration for Middle Grade and High School Readers #AANHPIHM #aapi

I’ve been expecting this but it’s still upsetting. New Roots for Refugees taught refugees US business practices and helped them to establish themselves as farmers within the local food system.

More love for Kauffman Gardens.

Kauffman Gardens appreciation post

Zen prep.

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

RFK Jr. is very loud and very WRONG about Autism. 1. It’s not a disease 2. There are thousands of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder who pay taxes, have jobs, can use the bathroom on their own, and are thriving in life.