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A poem about fatigue / A deep low bow to Andrea Gibson
Jul 16 • 
Tessa Permar
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June 2025

A Special Kind of Tired
A little magic inside some big burnout
Jun 4 • 
Tessa Permar
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December 2024

11 Minutes to Get Somewhere Else
An exercise for when you don't know what you need
Dec 15, 2024 • 
Tessa Permar
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July 2024

Sick Stretches
Some simple stretches for when you are sick and recovering
Jul 9, 2024 • 
Tessa Permar
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May 2024

Confessions of a Sick Art Model
Why I love being an art model even though it hurts
May 29, 2024 • 
Tessa Permar
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December 2023

Pity Party
Sort of like a tea party.
Dec 12, 2023 • 
Tessa Permar
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September 2023

An Ecstatic End of Summer
Hurricane Season, Abba, and a trick for migraines
Sep 13, 2023 • 
Tessa Permar
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June 2023

Can I Show You my Bug Collection?
An introduction to my microbes
Jun 14, 2023 • 
Tessa Permar
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May 2023

Meditations for Nausea
Feeling nauseous - one of the most uncomfortable and universal experiences in all the animal kingdom. I’ll talk about it more below. But in case you are…
May 10, 2023 • 
Tessa Permar
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How to be sick...
We have so much information about how to "be well." I wanted to share the ways I strive, as a person with chronic Lyme Disease, to live a life that is…
May 4, 2023 • 
Tessa Permar
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