A Bucket of Mental Health

Something I’ve known about myself for quite a while – I’m a worrier. Or at least, that used to be the term. In more recent years, I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety disorders. I still stick with “worrier.” A result of traumatic...

Shelter-in-Place Buckets

There are so many ways to prepare for a disaster, and different kinds of emergency buckets, go-bags or “bug-out bags,” disaster preparation and supplies. In this case, I wanted to create disaster buckets as gifts for family for some of the most likely disasters to hit...

“Where are your women?”

When Deb Haaland was born, the state she now represents didn’t allow Native people to vote. She was two-years-old when New Mexico was sued and forced to enfranchise Native voters.   I was unexpectedly emotional on Election Day when I first saw the news about now-Rep....