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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?

Consumerism Monday Musings

Show meeeeeee (where) the money (goes)!

Lorena April 14, 2025

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…

My Random Life

Not the week off I had planned

Lorena March 21, 2025

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…

Letters to Tim Souvenirs

1095 Days of Being a Widow

Lorena March 11, 2025

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…

Rants

If you stand for nothing, Burr, what will you fall for?

Lorena February 19, 2025

I’ve pretty much exhausted all the letters on Resistbot (you do know Resistbot, right?) so I wrote one. It’s here on the Resistbot website, but I’m also going to put…

My Random Life

Just a quick check-in

Lorena February 10, 2025

I have so much to say that it’s like a logjam – too many thoughts in my head all trying to get out at once. *** Usually I do all…

Navel Gazing

Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you? How? When? To what level?

Lorena January 14, 2025

Content warning for mentioning names of famous people who’s works I have enjoyed up until finding out that artist/creator is/was a Garbage Human. I will not be discussing the things…

My Random Life

All of my tattoos are my favorites, but…

Lorena January 11, 2025

… every new tattoo I just get is my FAVORITE favorite! Let me just tell you before we get to the pictures… as usual, I went to Sleepy Dave (Anthem…

My Random Life

It’s time for Church

Lorena January 10, 2025

And by that, I mean, it’s TATTOO FRIDAY, YO! I’ve been trying to get this tattoo since… January of last year? February? And it’s one I’ve been thinking about for…

My Random Life

Playing a poor hand, well

Lorena January 9, 2025

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London I have thought long and hard since, what, just yesterday…

Home and Garden

Victory garden? More like resistance garden.

Lorena January 5, 2025

Tim had a plan for a garden even before we moved out here. He had grandiose plans, he wanted to start large and get even bigger. Side note: I read…

Home and Garden

Getting these new floors was kind of like getting a whole new house!

Lorena December 17, 2024

The house looks different, sounds different, smells different… and since everything was moved and moved again and some of it moved back to where it was but some not… I’m…

My Random Life

Home again, home again

Lorena December 5, 2024

Of course my house looks NOTHING like what it does in this ten-years-old picture I’m using for my post image… and I have a different car… and I think that…

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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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