Dear Friends, I am so proud to share that it has been six years since Tara and I reached fluency in spelling! It has been a very full six years. I can hardly believe all we have done in my personal life and professional, public work. This is beyond my dreams. These years have broughtContinue reading “Six Years”
Author Archives: Danny Whitty
Time Passes
Dear Friends, Finally, we have a new All Our Brave Hearts episode up! This was recorded in early December. Fittingly, the topic is how time passes. This is about how my experience of time shifts in my life. From hopeless times without communication, to busy blooming into a new chapter, to adjusting to life’s rhythm,Continue reading “Time Passes”
April is upon us
Dear Friends, I am aware of this being a certain month. I don’t have any strong feelings about it. I am glad to see many new followers, who I assume are here based on recommendations from other advocates and allies. Thank you for being here! I am not going to write a long thought pieceContinue reading “April is upon us”
Speller Salons
Dear Friends, Last year, Tara and another S2C practitioner started holding speller study group sessions for several of us older spellers. This was an effort to provide much-needed intellectual stimulation and social time. We are so starved for both. We called these “salons” after the French tradition of intellectual gatherings. This was a dream ofContinue reading “Speller Salons”
Proud Moment
Dear Friends, A small but mighty update: Today, I managed to put a puzzle away before finishing it. This is a big win for me! The puzzle was wearing me down. It was consuming my brain. It was about to spiral into fixation. I am not feeling great physically, so I was extra worried aboutContinue reading “Proud Moment”
Days Like This
Dear Friends, These recent days have been so wonderful. I am so grateful to have days like these. I am going to just list some of the fulfilling things I experienced: Stand-up Paddleboarding two Fridays in a row; dinner with our kind neighbors; coffeeshop reading and writing sessions; runs in the sun; celebrating my lateContinue reading “Days Like This”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Dear Friends, It is St. Patrick’s Day! My dad used to love celebrating. We would go to see a parade and enjoy the festivities at the House of Ireland at Balboa Park. He missed Ireland, even though he stated that he could never live in that weather again. His birthday is actually the day afterContinue reading “Happy St. Patrick’s Day”
Exploring Anger
Dear Friends, I have been in a great place recently. Regulated and mostly happy. So it was a good time to dive into some heavy stuff with my therapist. I have been wanting to figure out how to transform my rage into a less destructive feeling. It is only in adulthood that I have feltContinue reading “Exploring Anger”
Ocean times
Dear Friends, This winter has been unusually warm here. It is a bit bizarre, and I worry about how this might impact local ecosystems. But it makes for nice ocean adventures. I am sharing a more close-up photo of my best wave from last month (photo by Cliff Schumacher). I also am sharing screen grabsContinue reading “Ocean times”
My first solo Uber ride
Dear Friends, I had an important first today: I rode alone in an Uber for the first time! This is a big step for me. To get to Tara’s neighborhood, and all the great cafes and restaurants around there, as well as Balboa Park, is a forty-plus minute drive. So it is a pain forContinue reading “My first solo Uber ride”
