Do you ever just want to start over?
Lorena
I’ve had to start over, start fresh, so many times. In … sixteen (?) years of school, I went to three different grade schools, three different middle schools (technically I…
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…
If you stand for nothing, Burr, what will you fall for?
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…
Just a quick check-in
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…
Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you? How? When? To what level?
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…
All of my tattoos are my favorites, but…
… 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…
It’s time for Church
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…
Playing a poor hand, well
“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…