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Into Thin Air

No safety net, no oxygen, just me vs nature in a battle I'm losing badly

Party Tricks

Eternal sunshine of the spotless Instagram

I See the Moon

After nearly two years, I was able to sit on my roof deck. I'm deeply appreciative of my progress, yet still dream of so much more.

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Missing the world, missing my health, missing political allies, and missing my mom

The ghost of loss gets into you

One month, five days, without my mom

2025 is ending, my mom is in the ICU

An update from me

Uneasy Peace

Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes

"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world

For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days