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Honestly… it’s been a rough week. I think it has been for a lot of us.

During the pandemic, I had decided to move back to the US in a few years - after saving some money and finishing up visiting all the places in Japan I haven’t seen yet.

Since the shooting in Buffalo and now Uvalde as well as all of the abortion laws being passed, I am wondering if being a non-entity here in Japan might be better than being a brown woman in the US.

I feel ineffectual and useless. I worry for all of the people with children. I worry for all of the people just shopping for groceries. I worry for all of the people who need gynecological health care. I just worry for everyone.

I’m hoping to write this weekend for Kathy Fish’s Fast Flash Reunion Extravaganza. Next week starts SmokeLong’s Summer workshop, so hoping that helps me to write as well.

Just know that I am thinking of all of you. Sending light and love and big damn hugs!