The “Stories From Within” Project and other news…

On By Willow CroftIn Uncategorized

Yes, I’ve been away from WordPress for quite some time. I’ve lost track of how long it’s been since I’ve been on here, reading posts and such. It’s at the point where going back and catching up on all the missed posts from you all is probably a lost cause, because it’s been soooooo long. Apologies to you all.

The good news is that I at least have a place to live and managed to get my belongings safely into a storage unit. I won’t say too much about the place I found, but it’s at least a roof over my head. Well, most importantly, a roof over my cats’ furry little heads.

In short, things were even more stressful and unstable than usual. I’m riding it out here in southern Illinois until December, and am revisiting the idea to move to Virginia, but I am more likely looking at Michigan. Canada is still a ways off due to costs, but I’ll be taking bitty steps as I can towards that emigration goal.

The theme of things right now for me is just “getting through”. Admittedly, like so many others out there, I’ve been horrified, disgusted, appalled, furious, and depressed over the actions of the current Trump administration. While not religious, I’ve also been having a severe crisis of faith about the example Trump and his cronies are displaying…because here are these corrupt, callous, greedy, deplorable people that get handed everything they want–money, power, influence–while so many that are good people and doing good, compassionate, ethical work are trapped at the bottom of this social and political system here in the United States and are lucky to even have the funds to buy food–and forget about healthcare, retirement, or even an adequate and safe place to live.

So this leads me to my idea to record and post people’s stories about the impact Trump and his administration is having on them, either directly or indirectly. If you’d like to participate, or know someone who would, please check out the post on my other blog, here:

https://kirstenleebarger.com/2025/07/13/stories-from-within/

25 thoughts on “The “Stories From Within” Project and other news…”

  5. Yeah it’s kind of ridiculous – does everyone experience this problem now? Virtually anytime now I visit a blog on my laptop browser it asks me to log in even though I’m already logged into my own website.
    Probably fixable with my browser settings or cookies or something…?
    Just weird that I heard a few other people report it but WP hasn’t done anything

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  6. Well here’s the gist of my comment anyway (the one that was lost in space on your other site)…
    I think your interview idea is a good one and in fact I was thinking of doing something similar myself. So if you need any support while doing it let me know! I know quite a few people who are distressed because there’s now a divide in their extended family or friends on this topic. So I’m wondering about trying to record the conversations between people who are connected as family or friends but divided over the politics

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  7. I commented on your other post about your project. But what I didn’t say there was that I know some people who have green cards that are being affected. I don’t know if they’d want to do an interview, even anonymously because they fear being targeted so much. They’ve seen other documented people like themselves being hauled in. The mental wear and tear from it all is taking a toll on them for sure. But I will ask.

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