"I cannot begin to tell you how difficult and unnerving it is to have been in Chicago these past few weeks; to exist indefinitely in the contradictory space between knowing and living."

Here's a thought: Why don't we just accept the Autism spectrum as part of life and seek better ways of accommodating people's diverse needs?

The best response I've seen so far.

Life is dark and depressing, and then I walk in the woods and remember that all of human history is a blink, and the other animals (the ones that survive, at least) will celebrate our extinction.

Love to see it! #FuckICE #Chicago #RemainVigilant

Mock and ridicule them for masking Ask how it feels to be hated by everyone in town Ask if this is what they thought this assignment would be like Ask if they really want to be here Ask if they'd rather be home where they live with family and friends instead of being hated here 3/3

Blast (within legal decibel limits) silly songs (for ex: Vanilla Ice) Lawfully engage ICE, feds, cops etc Film them Ask them why they're wearing masks Ask them to remove their masks Ask them their names Ask what agency they work for Ask them where they're from Ask them why they're here 2/3

If you can: Be there Be there with others Film stops, arrests, detainments etc by ICE, feds, cops etc Film them walking down the street or standing around Warn others esp potentially vulnerable people Waste their time Monopolize their attention Distract them Make them a spectacle 1/3

This evening at the garden, Miss Betty will teach us how to make our own herbal tea blends! She's focusing on herbs to support our health with cold and flu season approaching. Of course, everyone is always welcome at the Mindful Living Garden!

If you'd like a physical version of this zine for Chicago, we've just stocked them on our free zine cart.

Wow, this week's Mindful Living Garden happy hour was beyond amazing! Our theme was Cucumber, and everyone really stepped up, creating so many delicious things using this year's cucumber bumper crop. I'm so in love with the collaborative, mutually supportive community we've built at the garden.

This week's Community Garden Happy Hour theme is cucumber. My partner in crime, Miss Betty, is making agua fresca & 3 types of pickles, and i have 2 cucumber cakes in the oven. We're drowning in cukes from our gardens and are determined to use them all! ##UrbanGarden ##UrbsInHorto

At this week's Community Garden Happy Hour we're celebrating basil with lemon basil mules and basil pesto spread on fresh baked bread. I can't wait!

Holy fuck.

Mindful Living Community Garden update: This week's Community Dinners harvest was so huge, and we're celebrating during tonight's garden Happy Hour. This week's featured ingredient is Staghorn Sumac that I foraged while in Wisconsin, which we'll use to make truly unique Arnold Palmers.

Garden update: the Passion flower is finally blooming! It looks like it came from outer space, but it's actually native! #UrbanGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbsInHorto

Well, I did my public service for the week: I just introduced a Gen Z person to Troma.

Back from vacation and enjoying a busy garden day. First, the weekly Community Dinners harvest, then the garden Happy Hour!

This week's Mindful Living Community Garden donation to Community Dinners. I love this part of the season, when the harvests are a little bigger every week!

Garden update: at least the flowers are enjoying this over-the-top summer heat. #Bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto

Tonight's garden happy hour will feature a French 77 inspired mocktail using homemade elderflower cordial and homemade n/a faux gin.

Today's Mindful Living Garden donation to Community Dinners. While calling reps is important, there are so many things to can also do to immediately benefit your community. This pile of greens and veg will contribute to a salad feeding 120+ people!

Bumblebee party! There's hundreds of them on the wild roses! Turn the sound up, and you can hear the soft buzzing of hundreds of bees bumblin'. #UrbanGardening #UrbsInHorto #HomegrownNationalPark

Milkweed check! #UrbanGarden #UrbsInHorto

This week's community garden happy hour could be our best yet! Guest bartender Nick Kokonas will preview the Belmont Tavern. Plus, I made this amazing service berry and rhubarb salsa that I can't wait to share! #UrbanGardening #UrbsInHorto #DrinkYourGarden

I just can't deal with the world today, so I'm staying inside with the bunnies.

Finally saw one of these beauties in the wild

Hello, gorgeous! #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbsInHorto

Tonight at the Mindful Living Community Garden happy hour, we'll celebrate the strawberry moon with strawberry poblano margaritas and strawberry salsa!

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

So, I'm at a luncheon for a local service organization, and a certain older gentleman is wearing a Tesla cap instead of his customary MAGA hat. The question is, did he choose sides in the fight, or is he just that unaware of all things online?

Tonight's garden happy hour might just be the best one yet: strawberry & wild rose bramble cocktails and rose-infused white chocolate & pistachio blondies!

The proposed HHS budget includes a 37.2% cut to NCI. I am only alive today thanks to NCI researchers advising my oncologist and developing new treatments to my rare hereditary cancer. Please join me in calling our Senators and Representatives and asking them to fight for cancer patients like me!

Tonight's bunny update - they're such adorably ravenous little beasties!

Tonight's community garden happy hour is going to be something truly special - my collaborators really went all out with their pea cocktail creation!

Look what started blooming! The garden is gradually filling with color. Native plants have this reputation for being understated, which these bright blooms show isn't entirely accurate. #UrbanGarden #GrowNative #BloomScrolling

This week's garden report: #UrbanGarden #BloomScrolling

About to head over to set up for this week's garden happy hour. This week's featured flavor is Rhubarb: We've got a giant jug of Rhubarb siima, and a tub of Rhubarb salsa, and to top it off, there'll be a container gardening workshop. Garden Happy Hour season is my favorite time of year!

The first garden happy hour of the season is TONIGHT! this week's flavor theme is lilac, and we'll have lilac infused beverages and snacks to enjoy. If you're in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by Avondale's Mindful Living Garden

Took a walk tonight and contemplated urban deer & how they've managed to thrive despite the shitty human-built world surrounding them. I feel there's a lesson in that.

Today is the happiest day because we have two new little family members!

18 hours.... I'm so giddy.... The bunnies are coming!!!

If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

I keep turning back to this piece. Can we reclaim the magic of the 00s when our phones enabled us to connect, organize, and socialize with a broader range of people in whole new ways, or is the damage irreparable?

Something I learned this weekend: Magnolia petals are not only edible but pretty yum, and they're unbelievably delish pickled.

Exciting morning at the community garden today: www.fox32chicago.com/video/162461...