This year, I have grown accustomed to the almost steady monthly stream of patron cancellations. It has been a very rough year as a writer eking out a living using Patreon, and while I occasionally write for publications, the rates are not what they once were. Throw in the lack of bookings for speaking engagements …
I fear this will be one of the rare times where my age shows as I grapple with sounding very like a “get off the lawn type.” However, in recent weeks, I have found myself realizing that our world is really shifting and while some of the not-so-great shifts we are seeing are the result …
Prior to 2020, it never occurred to me—as a near-lifetime career activist—that one could simply be too overwhelmed to stay active in the work. I mean sure, life happens, but we simply must go on. Right? After all, that had been my operating style for decades until 2020. When my mother died in the spring of …