Grief isn’t sadness, it’s exhaustion Posted By Lorena Google has P A G E S of hits when you search for grief and exhaustion. I know this because every couple of months I...
What did I do THIS time?! Posted By Lorena I'm posting about this because I'm pretty wise to phishing scams, and y'all, this one took me a minute. Last night at dinner with some...
Rituals Posted By Lorena What ordinary rituals did your family have? Perhaps you always got ice cream after baseball games, or went fishing on Sundays. Do you feel like...
Hey, baby, what’s your style? Posted By Lorena One thing you've all been watching me do for the last year is make my house my own - mine, instead of ours. I didn't...
Souvenirs The one about a triple-header funeral Posted By Lorena How do you inter your loved ones when you don't have a family cemetery, strong ties to a particular religion, you don't have children who... Read More
Souvenirs A Long December Posted By Lorena Today would have been my dad's 77th birthday. He died two weeks after his 60th. It used to be, growing up, Bill's birthday, then a... Read More
Souvenirs The Practicality of Preparing Posted By Lorena The last few months, I've been helping my aunt and uncle decide what to do with their manuscripts, correspondence, papers, and library. They're not planning... Read More
Souvenirs When you want to punch a holiday in the throat Posted By Lorena Dear Goddamn Diary; I don't know why this year in particular - what makes this year any different than the last sixteen - but I'm... Read More
Souvenirs Ghost Posted By Lorena I love a good ghost story, especially haunted houses. But do I believe in ghosts? Hmm. Well, I'd have to believe in an afterlife in... Read More
Rants Ruminations on Self-Employment: Staying Upbeat… or, not. Posted By Lorena One of my old Regional Managers, back when I worked at a Big Box Bookstore, used to say that "energy comes from the top." Meaning,... Read More
Navel Gazing Souvenirs Hello, evening Posted By Lorena A lot of my evenings since the birthday party have looked like this. Pajamas, knitting, a little drinkie, and (until I ate them all) a... Read More
Souvenirs Dad’s old train set Posted By Lorena Dusty, and could use some touching up, but still just as loved (by me) as when my dad opened it for Christmas some time in... Read More
music Thank you, Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe! Posted By Lorena Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe surprised me with some tickets to see Michael Smith last night, a singer/songwriter out of Chicago, whose music I was... Read More
Navel Gazing Five phrases I’ve taken to heart Posted By Lorena There is nothing neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so. Shakespeare, from Hamlet. I think that's true. A lot of what happens around,... Read More
HaldeCraft My Random Life Wednesday, April 11th Posted By Lorena Back when I took the Intro to Sewing class, I decided to strike while the iron was hot (so to speak) and made space in... Read More