Connie Winch

@conniewinch

Mission: Loving from the inside out Both single & an #UnweddedWidow Adult child of IFBs/Mostly-agnostic humanist Adult-diagnosed ADHD, cPTSD, chronic fatigue Minneapolis (area) native/Columbus, OH resident Passionate about social justice conniewinch.com

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Connie Winch@conniewinch· 5d

Saw this posted on Instagram & very quickly unfollowed the "relationship expert" who posted it. "The universe will never give you something you are not ready for"?!? Uh, yeah it will, dude. I wasn't ready for my fiance to die suddenly at 34 years of age, so...yeah. Stop telling people this shit.

Before we meet the right partner, we often have to go through a journey to gather the wisdom, maturity, and nervous system capacity needed to make a conscious relationship work. This journey is a form of divine preparation. The universe will never give you something you are not ready for.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· 6d

From The Glimmer journal by Deb Dana. So, this is a description of my formative years. (Oh BTW I had a lot of traumatic things happen in adulthood too.) And that last sentence?!? NO SHIT DEB. But at the same time—this is where I get like...I am SO. FUCKING. ANGRY.

A passage from the Glimmers Journal by Deb Dana that reads, "it is when we feel as though we are trapped and can't escape danger that the dorsal vagal pathway pulls us all the way back to our evolutionary beginnings. In this state, we are immobilized. We shut down to survive. From here, it is a long way back to feeling safe and social and a painful path to follow."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jul 14

#GabrielleCarteris played a rape victim in #NYPDBlue s9e19.

Photo of my tablet showing a frame of NYPD Blue season 9 episode 19, in which a young woman, played by Gabrielle Carteris, lies in a hospital bed. She's been raped. Her face has cuts and abrasions on it.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jul 14

#JonHiertas in season 9 of #NYPDBlue

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jul 9

@realkidvicious.bsky.social on #NYPDBlue claiming for all his might to not be the murderer.

Kirk Acevedo as Scott Grafton, a cop under suspicion, in an episode of NYPDBlue.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jun 21

A picture of my TV, playing an episode of NYPD Blue. Pictured on the left, facing away from the camera, is Dennis Franz, who played Detective Andy Sipowicz, and facing the camera, Kirk Acevedo, who in this episode played a cop named Scott Grafton. His character is telling the detective where he was when the murder happened.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jun 19

Enjoying the music of #StefieWonder. 💜💜💜 #ObamaPresidentialCenter

A picture of my TV, playing the video of the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony. Pictured L to R are Sasha, Maliah, Michelle, and @BarackObama. Sasha and Michelle are looking at each other. Maliah, who has her hand over her heart, and Michelle appear to be singing along. And Barack is smiling while he observes his family's joy.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jun 19

While Christina Aguilera sings What a Wonderful World, @barackobama.bsky.social closes his eyes in obvious appreciation. 💜💜💜 #ObamaPresidentialCenter

A photo of my TV, playing the video from the official opening of the Obama Presidential Center. Pictured are Michelle (left) and @BarackObama. They are facing to their right. President Obama has his eyes closed.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jun 9

I've been wanting to go to this for literal decades. And lilacs are my fave— favorite flower, favorite scent. And—the day after tomorrow, a friend and I are going. Can't wait. 💜

Connie Winch@conniewinch· May 10

At the risk of being pedantic, they didnt call themselves that. TGG only became the moniker for that generation after Tom Brokaw published this book.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Apr 18

Please note the date. ⬇️ In other words, this shift was occurring even *before* DT was elected the 1st time.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Apr 17

When you're adult-diagnosed #ADHD, this is what #hope looks like. At least, it's what it looks like for me. Fingers crossed that it makes a discernible difference in my life. 🤞

A prescription pill bottle sits on a purple background. The visible portion of the bottle's label shows my name and the instructions for taking the drug. I crossed out the name of the drug.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Apr 5

App that upon request (by you) will listen to a song being played and if possible identify it for you.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Apr 5

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Mar 25

White text on a red background:

"In an interview with NPR, Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore said that multiple pastors had told him disturbing stories about their congregants being upset when they read from the 'Sermon on the Mount' in which Jesus espoused the principles of forgiveness and mercy that are central to Christian doctrine.

"'Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount - [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?"'

"'Moore added: 'And what was alarming to me is that, in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak."'"

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Mar 9

#Serendipity #rainbows

A screenshot of two posts in a row on my timeline. Each is a photo of a rainbow.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 18

Advertise your account with a gif

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 17

It certainly is in Christianity. To borrow a post I made after the DJT/Harris debate:

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 15

Serendipity—just seen on FB:

Screenshot of a Facebook post by a page called Not Me Us, which itself is a screenshot of a tweet by Brian Wetjen @wetchman. He says:

"Today, in Target's parking lot:

"GUY: Sign this petition for Voter ID?

"ME: Do I have to show ID to sign it?

"GUY: No.

"ME: So how do you know I'm a voter?

"GUY: We verify name, address, and sig via the voter registry.

"ME: You have just explained why Voter ID is not necessary."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 15

There comes a point where you can no longer say no to the craving...you know what I'm sayin'? #JenisSplendidIceCreams

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 11

A bit further afield (than the Mediterranean), but.... The other day a friend and I tried a new-to-us restaurant here called, literally, Yemeni Restaurant:

A screenshot of an Instagram post by me (@tigerlily7a), which shows a photo of a plate of lamb meat and a few pieces of potato on a bed of rice, with the following caption: "Before going to Rise Up and Sing Together 🎶 with @indivcentraloh (at which I did not think to take a picture), Lauren and I tried @yemeni_restaurant_columbus_oh for the first time. And man, that was the tastiest and certainly the tenderest lamb I've ever had. SO GOOD. 😋 If you're in Central Ohio, I highly recommend."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 10

"She had assumed I would forget and made punchline out of my struggles...." People: don't ever do this. (Regardless of what condtion a person has.) Quote and pictured passage from Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Dr. Tamara Rosier.

A passage from the book Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Dr. Tamara Rosier: "I frequently speak to various groups about how ADHD affects individuals. On one such evening, I was talking to a large group of parents on the topic of raising emotionally healthy children who have ADHD. During the session, I highlighted the importance of empowering their children to problem-solve. I explained how easily people with feel shame and inadequacy. Afterward, some of the parents formed a line to ask additional questions, and I helped the participants develop the next steps in their parenting. A well-meaning non-ADHD parent came up to me at the podium and said, 'I will take your glass. I know you will forget to do it,' then winked and laughed at her own joke. I must have looked shocked because she stopped and said, 'Oh, did you need this glass?' Her words had felt like a slap to my face. She had assumed I would forget and made a punchline out of my struggles, landing the all-too-familiar jab, 'I will do this for you because you are too careless/stupid/unreliable to do it.' I had already made allowances for my forgetfulness by placing the remote control I was using next to the glass so I wouldn't leave it behind."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 8

They also succeeded wildly in portraying a thing rare if not absent on television then and even now (thpug perhaps to a lesser extent): healthy, present Black fatherhood. And it had a positive effect well beyond mere entertainment.

Screenshot of a post with the following text:

"I was at DragonCon one year when Avery Brooks was on a panel, and a Black dude stood up and talked about how the year DS9 came on, he became the sole custodial guardian of his small son, and he was "terrified" and felt helpless, because he hadn't really had a father himself, and he didn't really know any Black fathers he particularly wanted to emulate, and no Black single fathers at all. He talked about how every week he'd put his kid to bed and sit down and watch Deep Space Nine, and think to himself, "Okay, this, I want us to be this kind of father and son," and how, silly as it might sound, the idea that Ben could be there for Jake, all the time, successfully, and earn his admiration and trust, was the only source he really had of inspiration, the only voice that was telling him he could handle this job.

"I swear to fuck there was a whole auditorium of people in tears by the time he was done, including both him and Brooks. It was one of the most beautiful moments I ever saw about the sometimes bloodless-sounding term "representation," and about fandom in general, and I will never forget it."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 8

Nichelle Nichols did so much recruitment work for the space program, they made a documentary about it. Highly recommended.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 8

I love these kinds of memes

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 7

If you need a playlist for this moment, feel free to use mine. 😊 open.spotify.com/playlist/67U...

Screenshot of a Facebook post by me. It says, "For about a week I've been working on this playlist. Full description: "Songs about/mentioning MSP or MN, songs about resisting/abolishing ICE, songs memorializing lives already lost, songs about being/caring for immigrants/neighbors, songs about social justice, songs about kindness, songs about our common humanity." It has a wide variety of musical styles; the unifying thread is lyrical content. If you're interested...enjoy: [link]."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 6

In case this helps.... ⬇️ (The "and its people" tends to get left out of headlines--including from The Nation's own story about it! 🤦‍♀️)

A screenshot from The Nation magazine summarizing a story thusly: "The editors of The Nation magazine are in the process of formally nominating the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The following nomination statement, which is addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the five-member body that is charged by the Parliament of Norway with selecting the recipient of the Peace Prize, has been prepared for submission on Friday." On the screenshot, I highlighted the words "and its people."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 6

Also: "I am not obligated to smile ever. I am allowed to have whatever expressions happen on my face, and they may or may not reflect what I'm actually feeling. And whether they do or don't is my business, not yours." And: "Policing women's facial expessions is misogynist. Don't do that."

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Feb 1

I mean...you guys do know about this, right? From #HBO's #Succession. Highlight mine.

Connie Winch@conniewinch· Jan 30

I mean, I'm gonna need a tight, side-by-side facial shot of @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social and #StephenColbert. #Doppelgangers @colbertlateshow.bsky.social