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Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.

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Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.

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Rants

The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desert

Lorena May 28, 2026

I have often asked the Invisible Sky Daddy why I can’t just photosynthesize. Like a plant. Picky picky princess I was always a picky eater growing up. Macaroni and cheese.…

Rants

Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my Studio

Lorena May 27, 2026

No, this is not about the beautifully animated movie, or the wonderful children’s book. This is about actual rats trying to invade my actual studio, and the war I’ve been…

Rants

Why is widowhood so exhausting?

Lorena May 25, 2026

Fair warning, the curse words are not bleeped in this episode, haha. Why is being a widow a thousand times more tiring than being a single, pre-married woman was? I…

Rants

Five – no, two things irritating the shit outta me right now

Lorena May 17, 2026

Seriously, don’t even read this, I’m just being pissy because I’m in a M O O D. Part The First I will despise Wells Fargo until the heat death of…

Rants

Wait, where’d my week go?

Lorena May 9, 2026

Last Friday (so, a week ago yesterday) I took pictures of everything that needs fixing in the studio and wrote up descriptions of everything to send off to a HandyWoman…

Rants

The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desert

Rants

Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my Studio

Rants

The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desert

Rants

Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my Studio

Rants

Why is widowhood so exhausting?

Rants

Five – no, two things irritating the shit outta me right now

Rants

Wait, where’d my week go?

Home and Garden

Alas, Babylon

Lorena November 16, 2024

I grew up on dystopian science fiction. I was fascinated with reading about how people might survive after the collapse of civilization as we know it… I’d have little daydreams…

UK Summer 2024

Am I there yet?

Lorena November 10, 2024

So, the more I think about it, and reflect on all the travel I’ve done this year, I’ve decided that I love seeing places and things I haven’t seen before…

Monday Musings

I want

Lorena November 4, 2024

I want a big red car I want fancy new guitar I want a house with a big back deck And I want to come home with a big paycheck…

Navel Gazing

Brain Dump

Lorena October 18, 2024

I have a lot of things floating around in my head taking up space, so I went to do a “brain dump” the other day and I realized after staring…

Ramblings

Trying to reason with hurricane season

Lorena October 6, 2024

With apologies to Jimmy Buffett, you can’t. End of song! So much shorter than the original! It seemed like Helene took a full week to get to us; Milton will…

Rants

I’m sorry, Citibank, you want me to what?

Lorena October 3, 2024

Scene One: me, on the Citibank website, September 20th, going to pay my credit card. *sees five transactions that posted on the 18th that I didn’t make* *sees that two…

HaldeCraft

Back to life, back to reality

Lorena September 29, 2024

I just looked up the lyrics of that song, to see if there was a good stanza or something I could use in this post, something to tie my topic…

UK Summer 2024

Does anyone even read travel blogs?

Lorena September 26, 2024

I was looking at my unpublished drafts, and I have five or six started-but-never-finished unpublished blog posts about my trip to Ireland in April. And I only barely blogged about…

Monday Musings

I’m so tired

Lorena September 16, 2024

I’m not sure if this will be a “Monday Musings” post or a “Rants” post but here we go… I’m not tired as in “I need a nap” (although….). I’m…

Rants

Dear anyone who is grieving

Lorena September 10, 2024

Back when I was in the hospital in May, the doctor there didn’t like that I was having trouble breathing and that my oxygen was so low. Well, one of…

UK Summer 2024

Plans are overrated

Lorena September 8, 2024

For as much as I tried to plan out an amazing, magical, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Scotland…. man. Life be lifin’, y’all. I was not expecting to be felled by Covid…

Letters to Tim

Revisiting LOST

Lorena September 5, 2024

Dear Timmy Sean; Remember that show we really loved (until we didn’t, but then we hate-watched it until the end), LOST? On, I think it’s the Mary Sue website, someone…

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  1. Tonya Nelson Miller on The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desertMay 28, 2026

    Food allergies SUCK. TheChild is allergic to, among other things, capsaicin. So obviously no hot sauce or restaurant Mexican food.…

  2. Marie Stanley on Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my StudioMay 28, 2026

    I can't love and respect you enough in just one lifetime.

  3. Marie Stanley on The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desertMay 28, 2026

    I'm getting my groceries delivered from our East side walmart ; guess what ? I actually spend less money on…

  4. Marie Stanley on Why is widowhood so exhausting?May 28, 2026

    Yep ; keep yappin' . It clears your head . You are loved and respected <3

  5. Quinn on Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my StudioMay 28, 2026

    You are doing so very much, all alone. I truly feel for you. I am so sorry you're having to…

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The one about a picky eater with food allergies on weight loss medication who lives in a food desert

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Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of the Rats in my Studio

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Why is widowhood so exhausting?

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Five – no, two things irritating the shit outta me right now

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