I feel like I’m waiting for the Third Shoe to drop. Well, I say third, but I’ve lost count, honestly. It seems like there has been a hailstorm of dropping shoes that started in 2016 and hasn’t ended yet and it almost feels like it never will. It’s like we’re living in the apartment below […]
If ever we needed a day completely devoted to giving thanks, it’s right now. We do have a lot to be thankful for, even if we have to dig deep to find it. And hopefully on January 20, 2021 we will have so much more to be thankful for. I’m not talking about the easy […]
I learned over the weekend that another beautiful, struggling young soul couldn’t take anymore and checked out. This isn’t about this one human, it’s about all of our loves who suffer from terminal depression. This time of year can be one big trigger. Not everyone who has depression or anxiety had a horrible childhood. Sometimes […]
Frienily, we held on, we believed, we held the vision, we persisted. We have a President-Elect and a Vice-President Elect who are (relatively) sane, believe in science, and actually want to help people live better lives. Cue happy dance music and get yer groove on. But the hard work isn’t over by a long shot. […]
Friends, let me say it again: We Create Our Own Reality. I made those words really big so you can’t miss them. Yes, we do, and the reality that is “out there” responds to what we think and believe “in here.” I remember 2016, seeing millions of Pepe the Frog memes, thinking, there’s something harsh […]
Those who have been reading these posts for a while will no doubt be familiar with my obsession with making things out of other things — mostly sewing, knitting and crocheting. I call it Fiber Therapy. It keeps my brain busy enough that my head stays quiet for a while, and I can relax and […]
A dear friend passed away last week, someone I had known since elementary school. It hit me pretty hard. We were close in a weird way – we hadn’t seen each other in decades, but he found me on social media a few years back and we became good friends again. He reminded me that […]
When I was a kid, there was a woman in our neighborhood who had a tracheotomy due to throat cancer. She continued to smoke through the hole in her throat. I have known way too many people over my lifetime who refused to do anything about their drinking until they woke up in the hospital […]
I’m thinking out loud here, connecting a few dots that I have put on the map along the way, seeing the shape of things from a 20,000 foot perspective, so don’t quote me on this, and don’t think that this is gospel or science, because I’m just thinking out loud. Okay? Okay. Here’s one sciencey […]
Summer is just not backing down, He is standing His ground, hanging on until the Autumn Lady comes to say, “Enough, child, you’re punch drunk. Go to bed.” The weather forecast said we could expect a high of 71 degrees today (that’s 22 for my civilized friends around the world), and here it is 91 […]
