Nettie ZanContending with Your AncestorsMost people don’t consider their ancestors much, being largely dead and mostly unknown. Perhaps a few of us know some of our genealogy, or…Jan 28Jan 28
Nettie ZanResolution Daydreams for 20242024: Year of the Muskrat patron saint: Aghori Vimalananda Winter Solstice annual animal energy: Porcupine I Ching hexagram: 30 Synergy…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Nettie ZanHagstone Books: an auto-pressWhat is an auto-press? A nicer way of saying a vanity press where I only publish my own books. Why would I only publish myself after years…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Nettie ZanPlaces Where my Dog has PoopedI’m a Missouri kid at heart, and I love this little bit of interstitial where the glaciated plains meets the Ozark Mountains. Which are…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Nettie ZanWriting CircleWriting Circle meets every 2nd Saturday from 1–3 pm at Cherry Pit Collective (604 E 31st) in KCMO. Free Event!Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Nettie ZanGenderfuck: Origin StoryI never gave much credence to how my gender identity formed much of my life and opened room for trauma and self-hate when I was younger. I…Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
Nettie ZanSTAR KIND: the story of my knuckle tattoos, or how I came to know I was not inherently unlovableBy a stroke of great luck I landed at a hippie commune in the Ozarks the week the world shut down for the pandemic. I was 11 months sober…Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Nettie ZanNobody can do anything rightMy mother died and now nobody can do anything right. And that makes me angry. “I’m so sorry, how can I help?” say the messages. How the…Mar 5, 2023Mar 5, 2023
Nettie ZanThings I Learn about my Mother while Watching her DieToday I learn about my mother’s calm tenacity. She lives in a nanny state where alarms are forbidden. So no one knows when she gets out of…Feb 18, 2023Feb 18, 2023
