People who have influenced me
Lorena
Hey, remember Monday Musings….? It’s baaaaaaaack, baby! At least this week. I won’t call it TRULY back until I make time to do six in a row. In fact, as…
2025
December 18th again? Already???
CW for death of loved ones and the stress of grief at the holiday season. Storytime! I’ll try not to make this unreadably long. (Cue Morgan Freeman voice: “she did…
Why? Why aren’t there six of me?
This is the post I would have written a few days ago when I was sick, if I’d had the spoons. I am currently writing this from the precise center…
Time for that annual review, Ms. Haldeman!
That’s right, y’all, it’s that time of year when my boss (me) takes me (also me) into her/my office to discuss what happened over the last 11-12 months and what…
Tired of being tired all the time
I’m almost certain I’ve written a somewhat similar title, probably within the last year or so. In the last three years? Who knows. Time is WHACK right now, y’all. I’m…
Would you say that to someone’s face?
(TW: rant about a news story I read of people dying in a car) Y’all, I was in a MOOD yesterday. As Tom Cullen would say, “M O O N,…
How do grown-ups do it? How do they get everything done?
I mean, I’m going to be 56 in about a month and a half, you’d think I’d have my shit together by now, right?! I certainly don’t need yet another…
So tired of brain fog and overwhelm
You know, for someone who was going to lessen and curate her news intake, I sure do spend a lot of time with news headlines being shoved into my eyeballs.…
I love my pets but boy howdy do they stress me out sometimes
First off, EVERYONE IS FINE. But. Get pets, they said! They’ll lower your blood pressure, they said! A few weeks ago at Tulip’s yearly checkup, they noticed she had a…
Show meeeeeee (where) the money (goes)!
You know, I’ve never actually even seen that Tom Cruise movie, where he shouts “SHOW MEEEEEE THE MONEY!”…! I know, I know. But it was impossible to not hear that…
Not the week off I had planned
Most of my local friends (and some of my far-flung friends and family) know my friend Lesley Lawson. Lesley and I met when we were both hired at the new…
1095 Days of Being a Widow
Whelp. Today is the End of Year Three/Start of Year Four of being a widow. I say that not in a “oh, feel sorry for me” way but in a…