When I was a child in the early ‘70s, there were few-and-far-between resources aimed at kids and little media and content aimed at children. (We were Xers after all and at the bottom…
Things I'm doing at 2:22 a.m. on a Saturday night.
Thank goodness I was home when I gave these pants their first test drive!
I'd invited my mother and sister over for dinner, and given…
Been tuning in of late to Lisa Cron and her book, Story Genius, for which the full book title is Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write…
Just caught a mosquito, mid-air. This was not a capture-and-release exercise.
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I had an interesting moment last night.
I was deeeeeep in my sleep--as my Sleep Cycle app showed me later in the morning when I woke up and looked at it--when SUDDENLY in my…
Upon hearing the recent news about Roe v Wade, at first I was overcome by an anger so palpable it felt physical. But then I took a deep breath, dissipated the energy and…
The turtles are on the move. This little, muddy, and just-emerged snapper was almost stepped on by some neighbor ladies out for a walk this morning.
I was outside on my sunken patio,…
Anyone else's living space look like this the week prior to glamping?
#summerisle #burningman #regionals #fun
Such a wacky world: finding the same products -- the exact same products -- sold online for wildly different prices; having to figure out if Amazon's jacked-pricing is a better deal than going…
There’s a particular and vexing area of my life where I’ve had a contentious relationship with someone. We don’t engage often but when we did, I could feel intense anger and aggression surge…
Stopped by my mom’s house to pick up the milk jug gallons I had mostly filled with water a few days prior and put in her freezer. My aim? To use a couple/few…
Many months ago, I was out in the small, cute, boutique- and retail-laden little town of Historic Ellicott City. I needed to (wanted to) get a new journal. As both this historic town…