Not the week off I had planned
Lorena
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…
my cool friends
Who’s gonna drive you hoooooome, tonight?
Y’all remember that time Corwin broke my hand when I was trying to separate her and Lindy, and the ER docs kept asking me what happened and I was trying…
It was twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play
If you would have asked me twenty years ago what I thought I might be writing, looking back on twenty years of marriage, talking about “my first year-and-change of being…
But wait! There’s more!
What else has been happening that I don’t always have time to talk about and it pulls me in a billion directions so I forget what day it is and…
Become the type of person you’d admire
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my friend Juanita Frazier. Some of y’all know her, or know stories I’d tell of her. I met her when I was about…
When loss sneaks in and makes a home in your heart
I want to make sweeping statements like, “the first time you lose someone you love, it teaches you how to lose everyone else” or “the first time you lose someone…
That time I realized I am… kind of boring — I mean, that I love routine
To remind myself about what I did earlier this year, so that I can blog about it, I’m going through my pictures. I use my camera a lot – for…
Mask it or Casket
I am firmly in Team Mask, and if you’re not, that’s fine, but I don’t really give a shit why you’re not and I won’t argue about it with you.…
There’s something off about that tree
I was in our driveway yesterday, heading to the post office, when something caught my eye. Something just didn’t look right…. You know how you see something all the time…
Entirely too much fun for a Monday
I spent most of yesterday shirking work and being social (shhhh, don’t tell my boss). I started off meeting a long-time online friend for lunch – we’ve only met in…
Maybe finish what you’ve already started, first?
I have… four pairs of socks on the needles right now. And yet I’m contemplating buying more needles, so I can start on another new pair of socks. Maybe dial…
touchdown brings me ’round again to find
I went to see Rocketman with a friend yesterday, and y’all, it was amazing. I mean, the movie itself was beautiful and uplifting and magical… but the experience of going…