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“The Trees Are Awake; They’re Breathing”

I’m currently attending a virtual retreat called Return to the Root, hosted by a panel of incredibly thoughtful, wise women including Nina…

Feb 24

A large, gnarled tree with branches stretching out overhead and green leaves. The sun is shining.

Feb 24

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Alisha Diane Ashley

The Insomniac Night

Late late, nearly 2am, soft piano fills the no-noise snow.

Jan 18

The Insomniac Night

Jan 18

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Alisha Diane Ashley

Searching for Lights to Be Lit

Learning my neurotype put decades of misery in a compassionate context.

Dec 14, 2023

Photo credit Henri Prestes, https://henriprestesp.com/perfectdark

Dec 14, 2023

Alisha Diane Ashley

The Rarest Day

I love Leap Day better than any other holiday on the western calendar. There’s something arcane and romantic about a day being rare.

Feb 29

An extremely beautiful tree shedding all of its bright yellow leaves at once into a square yard below. There is a forest in the background; the homes around the yard have dark, sloping roofs.

Feb 29

Alisha Diane Ashley

Tarot As Self-Talk Therapy

I’m fully aware of the reputation of Tarot readers as mystical, woo-woo witchy types. But a wise friend once clued me in to the broader…

Feb 28

The Wheel of Fortune card from a Smith-Waite Tarot deck.

Feb 28

Alisha Diane Ashley

How I Write Poetry (I Don’t, Really)

A close friend recently asked me how I write my poems, and I was at a loss for how to answer. “It is a wrong question,” I wanted to say…

Feb 27

The view through an archway in one of the canals in Venice. The stone archway is old and weathered. The water is a deep navy blue; there is a boat with a couple in the lower foreground being rowed in a small boat.

Feb 27

Alisha Diane Ashley

AuDHDiaries: Affirmations and cPTSD Recovery

How I used affirmations to create healthy thought patterns where my trauma used to thrive.

Jan 3

AuDHDiaries: Affirmations and cPTSD Recovery

Jan 3

Alisha Diane Ashley

On Fragile Semiotics

A defensive strategy for our symbols might insulate progressive campaigns from co-opting by the right.

Dec 14, 2023

Semiotic concept described using a graphic showing Sign = signifier/signified, where Sign is defined as anything that conveys meeting; signifier is a thing that gives meaning, such as a word or image; and signified is what is evoked in the mind/mental concept. Source: http://semioticaffyl2018.blogspot.com/2018/02/biografias-ferdinand-de-saussure.html

Dec 14, 2023

Alisha Diane Ashley

We Went to See the Geese at the Pond

How I discovered contentment on a cold morning walk.

Dec 14, 2023

Lovely white goose in a pond. Photo credit Keith Smith — https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/11-keith-smith

Dec 14, 2023

Alisha Diane Ashley

Neurodivergent? You Simply MUST Watch Good Omens

I’ll add my voice to the cacophony of zealots evangelizing on behalf of Neil Gaiman’s incredible television series, based on the novel he…

Aug 5, 2023

Jon Hamm as Jim, short for James, short for Gabriel the Archangel in episode 1 of Good Omens season 2

Aug 5, 2023

Alisha Diane Ashley

Alisha Diane Ashley

Writer, strategist, leftist, organizer. I write about poetry, fiction, TV and film, power, politics, neurodivergence, and healing/recovery.

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