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Crip Trips: arms & embodiment
on rewiring my arm language

Dina Stander
Sep 1, 20248 min read
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Death, Aging, Disability & Activism:
Keep making beauty and good trouble in this world in any way you are able.

Dina Stander
Aug 26, 20244 min read
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On Wayfinding, Embodiment, & Death's Door: a celebration of life
Sometimes, to find my way I go and do and risk.

Dina Stander
Jun 27, 20246 min read
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Planting Radish Seeds: a healing update from Gimp City
... the promise of fresh-from-the-dirt french breakfast radishes makes all the effort worthwhile.

Dina Stander
May 6, 20244 min read
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The Doula Heart in the Hospital
keen ears, open eyes & empty hands

Dina Stander
Mar 9, 20244 min read
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Welcome to Gimp City: flesh, bone & je ne sais quoi
We laugh. We hold hands. I promise to come home again.

Dina Stander
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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Visit to the Dark Side of the Moon
We learn so much about ourselves there.

Dina Stander
Jan 27, 20247 min read
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As the World Turns
A leap of hope. A wink of mischief. Yabba dabba doo!

Dina Stander
Dec 29, 20234 min read
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Ruminations on Debris Fields, Bucket Lists & Being
... where all is sorted, gifted, forgiven, and well enough.

Dina Stander
Sep 2, 20235 min read
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Way~finding & Assisted Self Determined Death
Should a person without a terminal diagnosis have access to assisted self determined death?

Dina Stander
Aug 12, 20235 min read
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Ramblings From the Occupational Hazard Department
A note with a small encouragement...

Dina Stander
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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The Last Dance
Innocence and existence entwined in one last dance.

Dina Stander
Jul 17, 20233 min read
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Un-becoming & Becoming Again
At a crossroad I look for the glow of curiosity and follow.

Dina Stander
Jun 23, 20235 min read
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Turning Soil
Friendship between women busy raising children is whole-cloth woven from interrupted conversations sewn together with threads of goodwill...

Dina Stander
May 13, 20233 min read
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Gently Down the Stream
photo by Noe Fornells @Unsplash Update from the Gently Down the Stream Department: I have been writing a lot of funerals... when I am...

Dina Stander
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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The Schmaltz of a Gazillion Bubbes
How soup witches pass along their healing spells.

Dina Stander
Feb 17, 20233 min read
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Being Found: a reflection on EOLD practice-building
Be yourself. Do the work. Your people will find you.

Dina Stander
Feb 12, 20236 min read
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Grief Floats: On Thanksgiving, Becoming & Un~Becoming
Shaping the words that convey grief over one's agency.

Dina Stander
Nov 21, 20226 min read
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Defying Gravity
I'm not sure why grieving elephants comfort me so. But they do.

Dina Stander
Aug 14, 20224 min read
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Restorative Oysters & Loving 'Too Much'
I have never felt more relieved to come through a close shave unscathed.

Dina Stander
Jul 28, 20224 min read
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