Author Archives: annzimmerman

Posted this on FaceBook earlier: It’s a dreary day here. Yesterday, there were storms…some really impressive thunder…lots of rain. Supposed to be more storms today. The weather seems to mirror what’s going on around us right now…kinda dreary, some impressive noise from above, lotta stuff falling from the sky. Supposed to be more storms coming.Continue reading “Farewell, Angelina”

So. I’m taking this course, via my UU congregation, and it has several components. It’s a journey for our mostly majority-culture faith to come a little closer to reconciliation around race and ethnicity. They know they’re very white, but sometimes (well, most of the time) can’t step entirely away from white-supremacist culture. That culture showsContinue reading “Garments”

I was browsing the FB page of an old friend, and she had posted John Lewis’ last essay, written shortly before his death and published in the NY Times after he died. It’s a magnificent piece, and here’s the link, if you’re interested, or see the end of my drivel: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html?fbclid=IwAR06s_neT_uFjpwb3ue9N5Ono4vvT8aKoArnOv6dSMAe8IHqFYDh_IPKY4Y. Anyway…I was most interestedContinue reading “Trouble”

Posted this on FaceBook this morning: I am watching a CNN interview with a GOP House Representative from Nebraska. He is opposed to the pending gun control legislation that would make background checks necessary for ALL gun purchases. One of his nonsensical points of opposition is that requiring a background check for even private gunContinue reading “Vision”

Today was a strange and wonderful day, emphasis on the strange. I knew that I had an appointment to get the first dose of my COVID-19 vaccination at 12;45pm, and was strangely anxious concerning the affair. Last night I found it really difficult to sleep, and once I had fallen asleep I woke up aContinue reading “Suckers”

Just about everywhere I go, I’m reading or seeing impressions of the Atlanta murders, opinions, reflections, what have you. Nearly every Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC) reported nearly the same feeling…grief, anger, sadness, but definitely not surprised. Anti-Asian sentiment has been woven into the American story from close to its inception, including the exoticization,Continue reading “Not surprised?”

So. Another white man acts on his twisted ideals of supremacy, and ends the lives of non-white bodies. Because he can. From all indications, these people – the majority of whom were Asian-American women working in massage parlors in the Atlanta GA area – were objects of his sexual fetishization. They were not human. TheyContinue reading “For the love of…”

When I woke up this morning, it was raining. My treat-addicted dog was standing nearly on my chest, staring intently, attempting to psychically force me to wake…not so that she could be taken outside for her morning constitutional, but for her ritual morning treat. Mommy gets her coffee, and the pooch gets a treat. That’sContinue reading “Safety”

So, I’m still looking at relationships, connections, and what that looks like for me. I reflected on whether or not I felt connected to things, and to people around me, but I don’t think (in more ways than one) those connections implied that my heart was connected. That it was connected to me, or IContinue reading “Disconnected?”

I was going to title this “Feeling Weird”, but I have thought better of it. I am just…feeling. We talk in recovery a lot about feelings, and many of us profess having gratitude for the feelings we have now, since we can recall being pretty number before embarking on the journey to happy destiny thatContinue reading “Feeling…”