visual snippets from the road — The Abortion Diary

May 28

May 28 visual snippets from the road

I've been on the road since February 4th! It's been four months of road trippin' with the podcast. Here's a little of what I've seen and done from JFK->SFO->LAX->SFO->PDX->and beyond.

Seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time. What a beauty.

A Jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where Jean Richards was adamant that I visit and where we recorded her story. We sat at a table in the cafeteria while workers had at meeting a table nearby, children played and people sipped their coffee.

I got to meet Lola on my trip to Los Angeles.

Welcome to Portland, Oregon!

I found Brooklyn in Portland, OR.

"Lack of Passion: Kills." On a very long walk that led me to a park by the river I came across these words to live by in Portland, Oregon.

The Mother Wit Conference in NYC. Grateful to be one of the co-creators.

Generative fellows reunion at NLNI. Left those awesome rain boots at a hotel in Amherst. They were just too difficult to travel with. Casualties of life on the road!

Hanging with fellow full-spectrum doulas at CLPP. Enjoying the sun in Western Massachusetts with doulas from The Doula Project, Bay Area Doula Project and The Boston Doula Project.

Cambridge, MA.

Late night audio editing in a borrowed living room in Cambridge, MA. I've been up all night on Wednesday nights to prepare Thursday's new story. We're posting our new stories on Tuesdays from now. (Photo credit: Sandy Placido)

The Women's Center / Centro De Mujeres in Cambridge where I facilitated a workshop attended by some amazing women.

Cat-sitting Lucia and Harold in Cambridge.

On a beautiful Saturday morning in Boston, I saw this lone anti-abortion protester kneeling and praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

Words of wisdom from my (almost) 12 year old cousin. She lent me her bed and I slept over this note for a few days in Providence, RI.

On my way to meet a story-sharer in Providence.

Meet Gatilda Gata! I acquired a new travel companion in Providence, RI. Many thanks to Meredith Stern for gifting her to me. Now I won't be so lonely on the road. Gatilda will now be road trippin' with me.