Martha Crawford

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Writer, former psychotherapist, living with cancer,

Group and workshop facilitator (on dreams, mortality, study of contemplative mysticism, support for immunocompromised/high risk folks, and more)

Essays in Slate, Vox, & New York Magazine

Climate Psychology Alliance NA - Media committee

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Next book:

“Art forms of the fantastic are the only way we as non-believers allow ourselves, unconsciously, to believe”

- Victoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets

You would never guess that this sweetie can make your ears bleed with a scream so loud and piercing that it shakes my central nervous system to the core.

But today was the first home nail clipping that he didn’t let out even ONE of those.

My glasses fogged up from the anticipation anyway!

Tonight’s reading for Thursday’s study group on the literature of mystics:
As someone who does online psychotherapy and as an immunocompromised person I do not agree with blanket statements about online relationships being inherently “lesser” at all.
Sorting floss for the next section:
This is what is on MY side table:

Read this a few years ago on chemotherapy and do not remember a single word of it.

I find books on my shelves that I read during that time, filled with my own marginalia that I do not remember reading at all.

Giving this another pass starting tonight

This room is filled with adolescent dog farts. 🤢
I have my reasons: