{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Sara Hendren","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ablerism","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"10834","username":"ablerism","bio":"design researcher, writer, artist, professor","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":136,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/20/10834.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"97844371","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Hard to imagine the world from NYC and from their eyes, isn’t it? A wonder.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97844371","date_published":"2026-09-20T03:14:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"03:14","date_timestamp":1789874072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97843753","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bobwertz\">@bobwertz</a> awwwww</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97843753","date_published":"2026-09-20T02:54:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"02:54","date_timestamp":1789872844,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97843713","content_html":"<p>Our daughter had her first Mamdani sighting in NYC today. What a time to be in college in New York.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/19/our-daughter-had-her-first.html","date_published":"2026-09-20T02:53:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"02:53","date_timestamp":1789872788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97821386","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Thanks for all you do, sincerely.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97821386","date_published":"2026-09-19T15:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 15:03","date_timestamp":1789830232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97810732","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> &lt;3</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97810732","date_published":"2026-09-19T10:51:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 10:51","date_timestamp":1789815119,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97783927","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jabel\">@jabel</a> Loved this so much. Thanks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97783927","date_published":"2026-09-18T22:46:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 22:46","date_timestamp":1789771581,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97729497","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> lovely.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97729497","date_published":"2026-09-18T01:39:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-18 01:39","date_timestamp":1789695574,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97644884","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> I’ve been meaning to shut off NYT email pushes about breaking news but in that case, I was glad for the notice</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97644884","date_published":"2026-09-16T15:57:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 15:57","date_timestamp":1789574263,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97644867","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaheppler\">@jaheppler</a> Just a host of losses lately</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97644867","date_published":"2026-09-16T15:57:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 15:57","date_timestamp":1789574232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97644855","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> I loved <em>The Maytrees</em> — lmk what you think</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97644855","date_published":"2026-09-16T15:56:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 15:56","date_timestamp":1789574217,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97640106","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> I think she surpasses WB for me too, honestly? Just because I didn’t quite know what writing could be like until reading her in college.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97640106","date_published":"2026-09-16T14:28:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 14:28","date_timestamp":1789568888,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97640068","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> With you. Suddenly feeling rather mortal in a new way.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97640068","date_published":"2026-09-16T14:26:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 14:26","date_timestamp":1789568815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97639643","content_html":"<p>Annie Dillard *and Wendell Berry gone in a short span. Two of the most formative writers of my life.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/16/annie-dillard-and-wendell-berry.html","date_published":"2026-09-16T14:16:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-16 14:16","date_timestamp":1789568194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97582631","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Yes! Planning is a challenge with her two brothers still at home etc. But let’s stay in touch!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97582631","date_published":"2026-09-15T15:37:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 15:37","date_timestamp":1789486621,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97572872","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/adampalm\">@adampalm</a> Very cool — hadn’t seen. Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97572872","date_published":"2026-09-15T12:38:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 12:38","date_timestamp":1789475934,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97491317","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Our daughter also *loves NYC for college life. Kind of incredible to think about all the possibilities.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97491317","date_published":"2026-09-14T02:24:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-14 02:24","date_timestamp":1789352654,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97460938","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ffmike\">@ffmike</a> so good</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97460938","date_published":"2026-09-13T12:06:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 12:06","date_timestamp":1789301181,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97460888","content_html":"<p>Yesterday at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester — an absolute glory of a day for adaptive surfing. Volunteers in teams of three or four surround and support young people with disabilities so they get that weightless lift-off in the water. Graham was ecstatic.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/img-1446-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Graham, both arms raised, coasts into the shoreline, standing on a surfboard and supported from behind. Other surfers chase alongside him. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/13/yesterday-at-good-harbor-beach.html","date_published":"2026-09-13T12:04:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 12:04","date_timestamp":1789301062,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97431430","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> &lt;3</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97431430","date_published":"2026-09-12T20:26:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 20:26","date_timestamp":1789244770,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97430799","content_html":"<p>I thought Ezra K’s <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-francis-fukuyama.html\">conversational look-back</a> with Francis Fukuyama was excellent — what Klein does best. And Fukuyama is such a pleasure to listen to: circumspect, careful, clear-eyed about his intellectual changes, what he saw and didn’t see.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/12/i-thought-ezra-ks-conversational.html","date_published":"2026-09-12T20:02:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 20:02","date_timestamp":1789243369,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97413044","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KyleEssary\">@KyleEssary</a> Yes. Although I realized yesterday, after class was done, that many of them have not been told much at all about that day. I should’ve backed up and recapped the whole story.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97413044","date_published":"2026-09-12T12:11:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 12:11","date_timestamp":1789215107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97388047","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> I saw that this week too. Unreal.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97388047","date_published":"2026-09-12T00:42:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-12 00:42","date_timestamp":1789173752,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97363828","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> It took Brian two years to look at his oral history contribution transcript for corrections. 💔</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97363828","date_published":"2026-09-11T14:47:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 14:47","date_timestamp":1789138074,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97359202","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> a different world in many ways.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97359202","date_published":"2026-09-11T13:11:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 13:11","date_timestamp":1789132295,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97359191","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaheppler\">@jaheppler</a> I can’t seem to speak about it without crying, and I’m not a frequent tears person.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97359191","date_published":"2026-09-11T13:11:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 13:11","date_timestamp":1789132276,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97359171","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> Yes.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97359171","date_published":"2026-09-11T13:10:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 13:10","date_timestamp":1789132236,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97359065","content_html":"<p>My husband Brian is on the left in profile, holding the stats clipboard. And his best pal Todd Beamer is number 23, back to the camera. Circa 1983. I will tell my students today about virtue ethics: ordinary normie courage in the everyday can become extraordinary courage when the time comes.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/todd-brian-m.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"365\" alt=\"a black and white photo of a middle school boys' soccer team in a huddle with their coach, circa 1983-4\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/11/my-husband-brian-is-on.html","date_published":"2026-09-11T13:08:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 13:08","date_timestamp":1789132125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97319544","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/amylouise\">@amylouise</a> Wish you could join us! (and excited to hear about your new ventures…).</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97319544","date_published":"2026-09-10T22:36:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 22:36","date_timestamp":1789079767,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97319505","content_html":"<p>A quarter century after 9/11 tomorrow. It’s on my mind a *lot. Just me?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/10/a-quarter-century-after-tomorrow.html","date_published":"2026-09-10T22:34:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 22:34","date_timestamp":1789079675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97304318","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bethanyh\">@bethanyh</a> One of my best teaching moments was reading aloud the dismissive, imperious letters to the editor about this essay in Harper’s, where it first appeared, and then reading Berry’s combined response to the letters, all of which was also published. So good.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97304318","date_published":"2026-09-10T16:43:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 16:43","date_timestamp":1789058630,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97249689","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> I’m sure you do, Luke — so much in the last year. ❤️</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ablerism/97249689","date_published":"2026-09-09T21:06:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 21:06","date_timestamp":1788987992,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97223301","content_html":"<p>Day one of a class I’ve been dreaming of for several years! Much more to report.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/img-0808-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The first page of the syllabus for my classes called Start/Stop: Design for Birth and Death\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/09/day-one-of-a-class.html","date_published":"2026-09-09T12:14:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 12:14","date_timestamp":1788956094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97188927","content_html":"<p>my daughter is dining hall maxxing in her freshman year</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/7a468d59-5f5e-4c7d-aacf-d5e7b0f10673-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A bowl of oatmeal with bananas beautifully arrayed in a fan pattern on the top, sprinkled with cinnamon\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/08/my-daughter-is-dining-hall.html","date_published":"2026-09-08T22:51:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-08 22:51","date_timestamp":1788907893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96954596","content_html":"<p>At the <a href=\"https://rsnstudio.co.uk/\">Royal School of Needlework</a>, conservators restore a reredos.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/royal-school-needlework-reredos.png\" alt=\"An overhead shot of an elaborate silk reredos, with four conservators working around it with needles and scissors. It's got a cream background, cross in the middle, and green and red and orange floral patterns on it.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/04/at-the-royal-school-of.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T13:31:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 13:31","date_timestamp":1788528679,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96853161","content_html":"<p>This is another one of those weeks with my teenage son where I can hardly keep up with the whiplash. His room looks like a bomb AND a tornado hit it. But he’ll come sit on my bed at the end of the night and speak like a much older human about his coming year, his choices, his wishes for the future.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/02/this-is-another-one-of.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T22:15:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 22:15","date_timestamp":1788387332,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96799196","content_html":"<p>I am taking our youngest son, 16, with me on a work trip to London later this fall. We’re planning to spend a weekend in Oxford afterwards. First time for both of us. He’s a rower and we’re both Tolkien-and-Lewis heads. The anticipation is as fun as the trip, they say, so send me your recs?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/09/01/i-am-taking-our-youngest.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T01:37:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 01:37","date_timestamp":1788313071,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96680799","content_html":"<p>As promised, details about painter Bradford Johnson’s show at <a href=\"https://www.clairecarino.com/\">Claire Carino Contemporary</a>. Runs 9/15-10/9, and our conversation at the gallery will be on Saturday, 9/19, 4:30-6:30. This work is so luminous. Highly recommend seeing it in person.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/balcony-1877-cleaned-up-white-background-m.jpg\" alt=\"In four paintings, richly colored wallpaper patterns line all four sides of each: florals, heraldry, simplified waves of water and fish. At the center of each image is a small full-length figure, turned mostly away from the viewer, in clothing from the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. A man walks a country lane; a man with binoculars looks out in the distance; a man sits in a chair while a figure in royal robe and crown stands upright next to him.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/bait--switch--m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/williams-boleskine--m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/img-1786-m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/30/as-promised-details-about-painter.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T00:16:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 00:16","date_timestamp":1788135396,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96679546","content_html":"<p>We dropped off our girl ten days ago. She’s in terrific classes but still pretty wobbly personally, waiting to find people with an easy connection. Hard for both of us. But honestly, to see her struggle is to see her big growth starting. She <em>sailed</em> through high school; in the rougher waters now.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/img-0698-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Our daughter sits on her dorm room bed with a large triptych painting behind her, two sets of lino prints featuring rows of fish, and a large wooden rosary on the wall.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/30/we-dropped-off-our-girl.html","date_published":"2026-08-30T23:36:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 23:36","date_timestamp":1788132987,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96616575","content_html":"<p>showing up with breakfast: <a href=\"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/29/showing-up-with-breakfast.html\">ablerism.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/29/showing-up-with-breakfast.html","date_published":"2026-08-29T17:04:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 17:04","date_timestamp":1788023052,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96437789","content_html":"<p>Benjamin Riley continues to provide a great service for those of us in education. <a href=\"https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/the-50-percent-problem\">Here he walks through the data in a new study on AI usage and learning outcomes</a> — one of the first large-scale and empirically rigorous assemblages we have. You…won’t be surprised at the findings.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/26/benjamin-riley-continues-to-provide.html","date_published":"2026-08-26T16:39:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-26 16:39","date_timestamp":1787762360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96308360","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.bradfordajohnson.net/new-page-5\">Brad Johnson</a>’s show at <a href=\"https://www.clairecarino.com/\">Claire Carino Contemporary</a> opens in September. I’ll be in conversation with Brad on 9/19. Details to come!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/brad-painting-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"506\" alt=\"A richly patterned oyster and red canvas, like a wallpaper pattern, surrounds a center panel of a peasant woman in a head kerchief, sitting at a laundry basket.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/24/brad-johnsons-show-at-claire.html","date_published":"2026-08-24T13:57:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 13:57","date_timestamp":1787579839,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95971714","content_html":"<p>two ways for the classroom: <a href=\"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/18/two-ways-for-the-classroom.html\">ablerism.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/18/two-ways-for-the-classroom.html","date_published":"2026-08-18T13:13:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 13:13","date_timestamp":1787058816,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95780518","content_html":"<p>Got to do a studio visit with <a href=\"https://www.markthomasgibson.com/artworks/\">Mark Thomas Gibson</a> while we were at a residency together last month.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/screen-shot-2026-08-14-at-3.20.03-pm.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/14/got-to-do-a-studio.html","date_published":"2026-08-14T19:21:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-14 19:21","date_timestamp":1786735287,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95125631","content_html":"<p>the best medicine, truly: <a href=\"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/03/the-best-medicine-truly.html\">ablerism.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/03/the-best-medicine-truly.html","date_published":"2026-08-03T14:49:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-03 14:49","date_timestamp":1785768588,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95032786","content_html":"<p>I enjoyed the first half, so far, of <em>The Correspondent</em> on audiobook for a lengthy road trip. Epistolary form throughout, and the various letter writers are played by different voice actors. A quiet book with rewards in it. Recommended if you’ve got drive time coming up.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/08/01/i-enjoyed-the-first-half.html","date_published":"2026-08-01T15:26:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 15:26","date_timestamp":1785597973,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94643943","content_html":"<p>high contrast in an ancient text: <a href=\"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/25/high-contrast-in-an-ancient.html\">ablerism.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/25/high-contrast-in-an-ancient.html","date_published":"2026-07-25T15:03:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 15:03","date_timestamp":1784991823,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94531472","content_html":"<p>[Corrected link] Now <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIurItI8bEM&amp;t=2s\">this</a> is a great commencement speech. I’m still smarting from the extremely silly choice of speaker my institution made this year. May more go forth and be like Angelou, here in her prime.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/23/corrected-link-now-this-is.html","date_published":"2026-07-23T16:25:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 16:25","date_timestamp":1784823954,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94460849","content_html":"<p>thirty one years ❤️</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/cci-000053-larry-l-funck-copy-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" alt=\"A black and white photo of Brian and me in our wedding attire, kissing just before we leave the church in an antique truck\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/22/thirty-one-years.html","date_published":"2026-07-22T13:27:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 13:27","date_timestamp":1784726873,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94336068","content_html":"<p>my daughter’s further lino print adventures</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4882/2026/img-7823-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A grid of four lino cut prints, one each on white and red and two on yellow, the same pattern of four rush, some whole and some skeletal.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/20/my-daughters-further-lino-print.html","date_published":"2026-07-20T16:29:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-20 16:29","date_timestamp":1784564995,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93933957","content_html":"<p>riven and re-pieced: <a href=\"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/13/riven-and-repieced.html\">ablerism.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ablerism.micro.blog/2026/07/13/riven-and-repieced.html","date_published":"2026-07-13T16:20:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Sara Hendren","url":"http://www.sarahendren.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F20%2F10834.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ablerism"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-13 16:20","date_timestamp":1783959615,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}