Epileptic & 'feebleminded' colonies subjected people to horrific abuse. Patients were forced to grow their own food (sound familiar?), unable to leave, and (in the case of the Craig Colony, America's first) housed in overcrowded buildings that even the State admitted were worse than cattle barns.

If you are anxious about making phone calls (like me), know that you will automatically get voicemail when calling on weekends and after business hours.

Here's what I said when I called her DC office just now:

Someone is very happy I finally broke out the heated blanket 😻

So far eating copious amounts of bread / baked goods hasn't stopped the sadness, but I'm going to keep trying

Election bread so when I cry I at least have carbs to soak up the tears

Happy Halloween from my favorite lil beanie baby!

The world is awful, teaching a condensed summer class is exhausting, and I’m just getting over double pink eye but receiving this bit of news in my inbox last week was really nice

It is! But there's a slight curve in that intersection which I guess...confuses people? (mostly drunk)

Hamilton also just has shit drivers. I've never heard so many stories about cars crashing into buildings or hitting pedestrians until I moved here 🤷‍♀️