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It has been several years since I participated in National Blog Post Month or NaBloPoMo. I published a post every day during November this year. Particularly challenging this November as I navigated a fine line between disengagement and sanity. Sanity did not always prevail. Several posts were deep dives inward, exploring my traumas and a […]
On Tuesday, Gertie refused to start. For first time readers, Gertie aka St. Gertrude is the Land Rover Defender a friend lent me. Because he could. On Wednesday, I called AAA. My service provider Josh was absolutely thrilled to see the “coolest vehicle I’ve ever serviced.” Sadly, Josh was unable to get her started and […]
My voicemail can handle about three messages before it is full. I am frequently being told “Your inbox is full” or “Delete some messages” or some such advice. I try hard to stay on top of the three spam messages that inevitably fill those slots, but I’m only human. The rest of the voicemail slots? […]
I had a delicious turkey dinner from Bistro-to-Go for lunch, planned holiday decorations for the Fort Faulsey colony, and have my blueberry muffins ready to go for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I finally put flannel sheets on my bed. All in all, a good Thanksgiving Eve. For my #NaBloPoMo contribution, I pulled together a […]
I have this weird thing where I stop watching a streaming series before the end. Maybe a few episodes, maybe an entire season. I did it with ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and ‘MASH’ and ‘Family Affair’ and ‘That Girl’ and now ‘Xena’ is on my backburner a few episodes before it ends. ‘The Mary Tyler Moore […]
In no particular order, the books that have changed me. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, Aleksandr Solzhenutsyn. Read this in AP English. The precision he used to frame the atrocity of Stalinism in the events of one simple day took away my breath. Eventually, I read everything he wrote. Why I was […]
Here we are again, nearly midnight and I’ve yet to post for NaBloPoMo. While I am giving semi-serious thought to exploring my hair tie/scrunchie issues, I’m going to pivot. As a white woman, I’m apparently supposed to wear a blue friendship bracelet to show I’m one of the good white women who didn’t vote for […]
It is 9:19 PM and I’m without a single thought for today’s NaBloPoMo post. I’ve done cats, cars, mental health, Simon and Garfunkel, a Q&A with the Assistant Secretary of Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Thanksgiving, reviewed two shows, previewed another, and more. I invoked math, then railed at the […]
When someone might be flirting with you or might just be a really nice, thoughtful person with great attention to details. Does it matter? Just appreciate the moments that a really nice, thoughtful person pays attention to you. Crush, respect, lust, attraction, distraction, blah, blah, blah. Why worry about subtext, something I am both terrible […]
Crap. It is Sunday at 8:30 and I haven’t posted yet. I cannot break my #NaBloPoMo streak on day ten. And you don’t want to read yet another post about cats so soon, I’m sure. My favorite week of the year is Thanksgiving week. Don’t get me wrong, I am aware of the horrors of […]
