Don't Make Me Stop This Car!

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Non-fiction horror stories. Politics, history, travel.

Cooking, making, thinking, discussing and writing about being, with a strong leaning toward food and the how's, whys and what fors of it all.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Recovery from anything that disconnects you from yourself — the beliefs, roles, and identities you inherited or adopted. Return to original wholeness.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

Where parenting, politics, disability and caregiving intersect

essays about literature, culture, and so many feelings.

Writing, recommendations and ramblings.

Ink Magick, Disability Poetics, and Art of the Anthropocene

My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.