There’s a kind of wisdom that lives in the knots, where fibers cross and tension holds and stories pull against each other until something strong enough to carry us comes out of it. That’s where this project begins.
Threads of Counsel is a place to bring together what I’ve learned in nursing, law, disability justice, public health, and caregiving, and to keep the context and the contradictions that usually get flattened out of the summary.
Call it a weaving table rather than a newsletter. I’m starting it because I need somewhere to think in public, and somewhere to stay accountable to the people and places this work comes from.
Sometimes that will look like policy writing or field notes. Sometimes it will be a story from a ferry ride, a clinic day, or a community table. Sometimes there will be nothing here for a while, and that will be on purpose.
Some posts will be polished. Some will be unruly.
What I have to offer is counsel rather than expertise. It comes from having been in the rooms, from knowing how the systems actually run, and from refusing to make things simpler than they are just to make them easier to swallow.
If you’ve ever tried to repair something that was never built to be mended, you’ll recognize the work.
If you’ve ever carried a vision and a grocery bag and a kid’s IEP in the same hand, this is for you.
Welcome to the table.
Threads of Counsel 