Month: December 2023
From The ARC Mid Hudson: A Year in Review
I’ll post my Word of the Year tomorrow on The Autistic SuperChannel, but I wanted to post this video from the ARC Mid Hudson.
Please consider donating to The ARC Mid Hudson if you can, to your local ARC, to GRASP.org and to those people whom would help us throughout our lives.
Until next post, Dear Readers, stay safe, stay strong and, as always……
Shine On!!
Poetry Packed Out: Confession Time
I know that I’ve mentioned this here on The Autistic SuperBlog many times, but it always bear repeating that I am a poet, that I am an artist. I’ve also mentioned that I’ve been dealing with Autistic Burnout and how my poetry is how I process my emotions, either big or small.
It’s been a big revelation for me that I never saw until my bout with Autistic Burnout, I’d argue to say that I’m still in recovery from it, but I’m feeling much better than I was one year ago.
I could possibly say that I’m not alone, Dear Readers, but I’m willing to say that fellow Spectrumites have heard of imposter syndrome, or have it themselves. We always to try be perfect or close to it without going over, we do everything by ourselves, try to think we’re experts in this crazy Neurotypical world.
It’s exhausting, to say the least.
Ever since I finished my latest poem “The Lying Spy”, I’ve felt so much better about myself, it’s been cathartic in a way. It’s like ever since I acknowledged the spy inside me, I can take a compliment for the first time in a long time and feel good about it.
Hopefully, it can help others out, like you all, Dear Readers!
Until next post, stay safe, stay strong and, as always….
Shine On!!!
The Power of the Prompt: Question 32
How are you creative?
Dear Readers, this is one prompt that wasn’t so challenging for me, but one that I’m very happy to answer.
I like to think of myself as a very creative Autistic, me being a poet, videographer and chef, all in one. Although I’m a novice when it comes to being a chef and videographer, I like to say that I’m a poet.
As a matter of fact, I only recorded my poems as a way to get my work out during The Year that Wasn’t, when getting that “live studio audience” feel was sparse at best.
The crowd at an open mic excites and electrifies me, if I’m an addict because of that, then I’m an addict, but if you’re a fellow poet or an artist, you know the feeling of people reacting to your work.
With that being said, I guess I’m also a perfectionist, I want everything I do to be to the best of my abilities. It’s probably why I haven’t done many trips to the SuperBistro, but I hope to change that soon, maybe as soon as next year.
So, am I creative, absolutely, but I also know that I have a long way to go still and that sounds perfect for next year, right?
Until next post, Dear Readers, please stay strong, stay safe and, as always…..
Shine On!!!
The Advent Hope 2023: A Blessed Hope
The Advent Hope 2023: A Strong Hope -dedicated to the Memory of the Late Joe Defino Sr.-
The Autistic SuperBistro: Stewing in It!!
A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle!”
– Irish Proverb
Greetings, Dear Readers, to the Autistic SuperBlog’s youngest series, The SuperBistro!! Today’s course will be Chicken stew, which is perfect for these winter months.
To remind you all about how this will work, this will be in the same vein as my standard blog posts, but I’ll separate the menu into three sections:
The Take will explain the story behind my try on certain recipes, the “why” I want to try it out.
The Prep, which will have pictures, shows you both the recipe I used, the omissions I had to do, and the expectations.
The Taste, as you can expect, is what it tasted like, as to how I thought it was. If it was what I thought it was, if it was more or less, if it exceeded or disappointed my expectations.
The Take for this was honestly, me wanting to try some recipe with my crockpot. I wanted to give a good shot at my first attempt at a stew. My first thought was Irish stew, but later came around to a Chicken stew, nice and simple.
The Prep was a simple chicken stew and chicken thighs with frozen vegetables and an unsalted chicken broth, pepper and chili flakes. I put them all into a crockpot and had it simmer low and slow overnight, as the above photo shows.
Maybe too long, admittedly, as I wanted to have some potatoes in there, which I got after the fact.
The Taste, outside of my burning some of the veggies, was very nice, along with a Pepperjack grilled cheese sandwich.
I’d try it again, to be honest. It was a great first attempt of a stew, but there things I’d do differently. If you all, Dear Readers, have any new recipes you think I should try, please let me know in the comments.
Until the next course, Dear Readers, stay safe, stay strong, enjoy life and, as always….
Shine On!!!
From NPR: For neurodivergent, non-speaking poets, collaboration is the basis of language (Poet Approved!)
As an Autistic poet, April feels like my two worlds collide in an overwhelming way, a positive way.
During my bout with Autistic Burnout, Dear Readers, I realized how important my poetry is to me, so this article by NPR was of interest to me for obvious reasons.
It made me realize how important my voice is, how it can help others as well as myself. It made me realize how wonderful it is to have a poetic community be so supportive of me, how much being an Autistic poet means to me.
I know that because I know that there are others whom might not be so lucky.
I know that this is a short post, so please forgive me, Dear Readers, but I ask you all to please check out the article above. I am planning to do more posts soon. I’m working on answers for the many prompts in my drafts at the moment.
Until next post, stay safe, stay strong and, as always….
Shine On!!!
The Advent Hope 2023: The Rejoicing Hope
The World is Waiting for You…all of You!!
Get to Know Rob and Corey McArthur of ‘The Amazing Race’ (distractify.com)
The one thing I love about The Amazing Race, Dear Readers, is that it lets everyone, of all abilities and ages, participate. It’s lets people see the world whom might not be able to, for one reason or another.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wasn’t able to watch it due to lack of energy thanks to my bout with Autistic Burnout. This season was my first season back to watching and it hasn’t disappointed in the slightest.
Especially with the final three teams, but the one I’m rooting for are the team of Rob and Corey. The obvious way to see it is because Rob is Deaf, a disability and Corey is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) and that’s true. That said, I’m a fan of all the teams in the Final Three.
So, may the best team win tonight and may we all strive to be better, do better and, as always….
Shine On!!!
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