DOSSIER

I'm Valerie. I carried on the paternal family tradition of having a hemorrhagic stroke at an early age — me at 45. Suddenly, I was retired. Due to surviving a near fatal truck wreck, I'm a card carrying member of the Traumatic Brain Injury Club. This makes stroke recovery all the more interesting! From all this, I've come to earn to do the opposite of what neurology "experts" direct me to do and NOT take the pricey medication they prescribe.

     Life goes on and as a result of physical rehabilitation not going well — as advised — I discovered that if I Sally Forth and do what I used to do around the house, I'm using my limbs as I need to. Much like my alter egos at odds with each other, I have to re-calibrate my thinking and doing endeavors by evenly matching that of my opponent.

     As I learned in citizen's police training — always match force to my opponent's force. If they use a knife, I use a knife. They use a gun, I use a gun and so on.... While I'm a firm believer in overkill, I have to restrain myself to match wits, so to speak.

     Where I see us heading into the end times, I have to prepare myself — mentally and physically — and probably NOT be evenly matched. To the best of my ability, I'll utilize overkill and light the fuse at any time.... Who's with me???With all of my newfound free time, I did a lot of stroke recovery documenting in addition to learning to appreciate arts and crafts like never before. I will be documenting my crafting adventures and sell customized items when I get back into it from the craziness of moving. This is also where I learned to like coffee. With reduced caffeine so I wouldn't stroke out again from high blood pressure and work stress....

With all of my new found free time, I did a lot of stroke recovery documenting in addition to learning to appreciate arts and crafts like never before — hence BlueCoyote GraphX — where I document my crafting adventures and sell customized items. This is also where I learned to like coffee. With reduced caffeine so I wouldn't stroke out again from high blood pressure and work stress....

     The PossumZombie was an unexpected rival to my alter ego, the HitBunny. It's also a very animated version of myself that has the energy to take on struggles I face each day in my stroke recovery AND in the political strife I have to confront however I do whereas the HitBunny is more like a sniper — you won't see it coming or going. Think Spy vs Spy....

     For all intents and purposes, this site is now the umbrella to the other websites I spend my time on as a result of my career in IT and web design. I was in IT at the digital calendar switch of 1999 to 2000. To those not yet born — nothing catastrophic happened. I still find ways to use my old programming skills with new technology cos I'm still a lazy nerd these days. While I'm also still a photographer and dog mom at heart, I don't photograph near as much as I used to and our pack of northern breed dogs is sadly thinning. That's where my web designing plays an important factor — I'm still in the game in various respects. I have enough to keep me physically and mentally engaged with what I do in my "free" time.

     I'm also a survivor of a near fatal truck wreck and a hemorrhagic stroke. Now with a lot of said free time (forced into an early retirement time...) on my hands, this is where BlueCoyote comes into play — It's where I use arts and crafts as my occupational therapy. And a place to escape the political turbulence....

      I call this section "shenanigans" cos this is where the new and / or goofy stuff goes for now. The "zombie" element in all of this started with the political shit-throwing. As a God-fearing constitutional conservative, he current political weather and the proverbial mountain I chose / choose to stand and / or die on — and what's trying to do to me. While I'll acknowledge the fact I'm weathering the storm at the amusement of what I'm finding online in various forms of social media and conservative news sites, I chose not to link any of these sites to me — at this time. Should I get "vocal" about any of it and include my perspective, trust anything I post will be lain with sarcasm cos that's how I roll....