by Jule Kucera | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog
In my exploration of things that make my mind feel better, my GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) focus on synchronized movement with others comes from The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. A year ago, van der Kolk was interviewed by Ezra Klein on his podcast. As...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 24, 2022 | Blog
Every single thing I’ve done on the GOADS plan (Get Out And Do Stuff), I haven’t wanted to do. And every single time, after I’ve done it, I’m glad I did. This was especially true of contra dancing. The contra dance was in the Wyoming Fine Arts Center, a grand old...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 17, 2022 | Blog
The commitment to go line dancing felt like a stone. I’m good at going places by myself—restaurants, concerts, events, whatever. But line dancing was different. It was in a bar. Bars trigger memories of not measuring up, starting in college, and continuing. Back when...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog
Back when I started the Get Out And Do Stuff (GOADS) project, I was crying every day. Now the person I was then seems so far away, it’s hard to imagine feeling that way. In the last eight days, I have: Participated in a community open house with the Vice Mayor of...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 3, 2022 | Blog
Carrie Fisher said that in hindsight, she may have married Paul Simon because of his music. There was something about the rhythm of the words that made her bipolar brain feel better. When I listen to Paul Simon’s Graceland and “the way she brushed her hair from her...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog
The drumming room is bright but softer, less of a rectangle, more of a square. Metal chairs with blue or yellow hard plastic seats are arranged in a circle. Most of the seats are taken. Each seat has a tall drum in front of it. The djembes have a carved wooden base...
