Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

28 April 2020

Space Pirates and Docking Ports: virology 101 for small persons

Are you wondering why we are all still at home, and worried about coronavirus? Let me try and explain a bit about how viruses work. A viru...

27 March 2020

That feeling when you don't even qualify as a "burden on society"

So finally, after 16 months, two letters to every politician I could think of, four medical reports, and a pile of paperwork, CPP has inform...

27 February 2020

CPP Disability Application: 470 days and counting

: sent to the office of the Prime Minister today : Hello, Prime Minister (and to whoever has the job of reading these as they come in). ...

12 February 2020

The Victorians knew what they were about

I wear Victorian style walking skirts all the time (I can't wear pants anymore, it triggers the "oh help I'm trapped" feel...

11 February 2020

The Apple Jack Creek Estate

We have a snowy day in the forecast, which means grey and overcast, but there’ll be sunshine again tomorrow. As it is February (worst of...

Unpopular Opinions, Service Dog Edition

Service dogs are not a first line treatment for anything, and they are contraindicated in some situations. Your doctor probably has no cl...

2020: I'm back

I've decided to publish some of my thoughts here, again, as the transient nature of Facebook is ... well, transient. There are things I...

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