Since the summer of 2022, I’ve struggled with an “illness within an illness” known as post-exertional malaise, or PEM. The “post-exertional” part means that any activity or use of energy, minimal or not, can cause debilitating symptoms without warning that last from hours to weeks on end. The physical effort of making myself lunch, or […]
After almost six years on the east coast, I’m moving back to Kansas this summer, which means I’ll soon be part of what Sarah Smarsh calls “the homecomers”: folks who return to — and fight for — the rural places they love. I look forward to spontaneous drives through the Flint Hills with friends and […]
