https://catherinedianashullklatzker.medium.com/am-i-in-the-right-place-f2fbc64bf359 Am I in the right place? Do I belong here? Rabbi P spoke Sunday about his older sister, born with Leigh Syndrome, a neurological disorder, apparently involving mitochondrial dysfunction. He mentioned her, not to appropriate her story, but to …
Thanks to John Amen, editor of Pedestal Magazine, for publishing my poem. https://tinyurl.com/2p936umx Tectonic Shift Downy, soft, fragile newborn skull, a dandelion waving on its slender stem. No support, poor support. Hold her head, they caution, cradle her neck they …
Check out “Petals of a Rose (Redacted)” from Dylan Crumpler (https://www.dylancrumpler.com) on Vimeo, for the only accurate portrayal of DID that I’ve seen. Other films and movies, depicting dangerous or sensational DID characters for entertainment purposes are misleading, disrespectful, and …
Every moment matters. I’m honored to share Sleeping Together in the Forge Literary today, and my bonus interview at the end with Sommer Schafer. https://forgelitmag.com/2022/11/28/sleeping-together/
Photo by Christian Garcia on Unsplash Ten Things to Know About Dissociative Identity Disorder The DID diagnosis is often missed: It almost always co-exists with other mental conditions, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders, or self-destructive …
Read my poem in the Spring Edition of Please See Me. Poetry Editor Steve Granzyk, in his editorial letter remarks on the intentional open-endedness of the Magnitude 7.1 metaphor. Read and listen here: Magnitude 7.1 When the earthquake comes at …
Drop by and say hello at Booth #200 this weekend, Saturday April 23, at the LA Times Festival of Books all day. Returning to USC after a pandemic hiatus the last two years, the Festival of Books is a true …
House of Honesty © 2009 “It’s a beautiful day today. Is everyone here? Cathie, Katie, Baby, Tina, Cat? Where’s Cat?” Everyone but Cat spoke up and I felt a tug of worry. I wondered where she was. I searched inside myself, …
Fifty sounds like such a lot of years, and it is. I recall that ten years married seemed a lot, too—so full of deeply held feelings, and all the unknowns that are mostly all ordinary now. I consider the meaning …