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What does activism look like when you can’t be active?
Sage Advice #4
Jan 15
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Sage Garrettson
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Thoughts on Capitalism from a Disability Perspective (Audio)
This week, we bring you the audio version of one of our older (and most popular) posts.
Jan 8
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Mariana Garrettson
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9:58
Cynthia Erivo, Jesus, Sunset, and a Ghost.
A Year of Grief
Dec 30, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Darkness and Light
End of Year Newsletter and Healing Circle Poems
Dec 26, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Mariana Garrettson
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Featured Artist: Samuel Dixon
“There is nothing I can say that will make the pain of a chronic illness hurt less.
Dec 21, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Sam Dixon
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An Interview with Mariana (video)
Hello friends!
Dec 12, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Mariana Garrettson
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38:39
Golden Embers in Panama City
A Moment in Music #3
Nov 30, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Gratitude in the Face of Suffering: Poems and Testimonials for Tomorrow's Circle
We are very excited for tomorrow’s Healing Circle, scheduled for November 22nd at 1:00 p.m.
Nov 21, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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The Time My Car (Almost) Exploded
Things I Learned Outside #2
Nov 13, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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6:09
Perspectives from the Periphery
Content warning: this post includes a quotation that mentions both racialized and sexual violence
Nov 6, 2025
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Mariana Garrettson
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11:52
My ADHD is not a "quirk."
Reflections on the Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Nov 1, 2025
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Sage Garrettson
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Poems on Fear for Tomorrow's Healing Circle
Our next Healing Circle will be TOMORROW, Saturday, October 25th at 1:00 p.m.
Oct 24, 2025
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Mariana Garrettson
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Sage Garrettson
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