Tag: disability
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Embodying Story
This is the first of a two-part post that was originally published in earlier this month in THE BeZINE. I’ve been making theatre for nearly as long as I can remember. My first memory of being on stage was in grade school. I was an ultra-skinny kid with a pronounced Polio limp, earning me the…
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Marathon Sunday
Today is the last Sunday of May and, thus Marathon Sunday here in Burlington; today’s run, a yearly ritual, marks the transition to summer. It is a lovely early summer day, a high, cloud-flecked sky dominating the horizon. Such days are welcome now, after weeks of rain, especially as the week ahead looks to be…
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Inaccessible
The last few days have been chill and wet. The drought has passed for the moment, and the rivers and lakes are full. Recently, I had a brief conversation with an acquaintance about empathy. She shared that while she is proud to be highly emphatic, that very empathy often proves troublesome as she tends to…
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Book Drilling
The day began bright; now thick cloud has rolled in, promising rain. One of the odd aspects of spring is the rather stunning fatigue that descends on me. I imagine this profound tiredness is the accumulation of exposure to winter cold. Cold intolerance is a very common symptom of Post Polio. (I also experience the…
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