Wandering misty thoughts on friendship and doubt

Do you see me?  I’m hard to spot, in too large a crowd, which is loosely defined as anything above …

I had planned to post something today…

…and golly, it looks like I am!  🙂 But I meant for this to be a slightly different post than …

New blog!

Hello, my pretties!  I am pleased to announce that I have set up an additional blog. For the record, this …

Dear Neurotypical friends…

I may have a social disability.  I may say or do things that seem strange to you or put you …

How it feels to find my island

Roughly a year ago, I wrote about how it felt to find a personal circle of fellow Asperger’s/autistic peeps, a …

Like glitter [autistic poetry]

Every time I swear that it’s the last time Just one last time Just can’t take it Every defense I …

I was just trying to be friendly

Maybe I tried a little too hard. Maybe I agreed a little too often.  Maybe I smiled a little too …

Why and how I blog

Not too long ago, I received an email from a friend who passed along a forwarded message from a new …

Sharing: ‘Gifts’ written by a lovely friend

I promise that my sharing of this is not borne out of a self-serving sentiment. I’m very deeply touched by …

The internal critic

I’ve almost always been aware of a dichotomous yin-yang of self-awareness.  As in, I’m either hyper-aware of or utterly clueless …

Tag! You’re it! :) (400th post)

Greets, my pretties! First, I would like to clarify that I’m not going anywhere :).  This post may sound like …

Asperger’s / autism, socializing, and respect

(Beginning Note: This post was inspired by Rhi’s beautiful synopsis of the recent National Autistic Society (NAS) conference in the …