I’m currently working on my writing career in a more serious way than ever before, which means I don’t have time to blog here very much. My energy is precious as I am now adrenal- insufficient. I cut down on my GeekMom work and try to spend my time on writing. What am I writing? …
Just to update on one of my previous posts: I had the minor surgery. It went well. Unfortunately, I didn’t even have time to prepare mentally for when I needed to be in control of a trauma. I came out of anesthesia a little earlier than expected and simply woke up howling in pain, the …
On the most basic, statistical level, married men live longer than their single counterparts. The opposite is true for women. Staying married should be a thoughtful choice for us. I am on my 24th anniversary of starting to date my husband. Dataversary? Getting married was anti-climactic for us, we were already living together with a …
I’m writing outside on my stoop while listening to a chainsaw at 7am, drinking my tea (White Cab from Short and Stout). One of my neighbors is cutting an enormous cottonwood. There are several trucks and the one guy is in a bucket high, high up, sawing away branches. Someone I know is recovering from …
Hey peeps, I was writin’, then vewy vewy quiet, and then suddenly writing again! And now quiet again. Updates: Writing: As I got sicker from Cushing’s I was no longer able to keep up this blog. Then after my surgery in Oct 2017, my brain started to function better and I started writing again. After …
James Breakwell, a very amusing parent and writer, posted a Parenting Olympics list that showcased the variety of skills needed to raise the younger set of progeny. After I read it, I replied to him: Very funny, though it seems that this contest rewards skills aimed at keeping your child from killing themselves, which is …
God, I hate March. Macbeth, man. He should have known. I’m like an ice-cream server with a group of teen girls trying to decide on their flavor. Are we winter? Spring? Snow? Freezing rain? Sunny? Cloudy? Long-johns? A t-shirt? MAKE UP YOUR FREAKIN’ MIND BEFORE I SCOOP YOUR ASS!!! Sorry, just had flashbacks to my …
“Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted or enterprised or sailed in some way, that we feel like new men in the old, and that to retain it would be like keeping new wine in old bottles.”― Henry David ThoreauYour pants are falling …
Sipping my new green tea my daughter’s roommate gave me from her trip in Japan (smooth with a perfect aftertaste), I am re-evaluating my bar of success. Grocery shopping was one too many things today. I have a head-ache and since my afternoon students cancelled, I could have just rested. Instead I went to the …
Dear Santa: I realize this letter is a bit early, but considering it may involve some time travel and shape-shifting magic, you better get started on my list. 1. My son’s Christmas present tea. Someone (he can’t remember who) gave him a container filled with a delectable herbal tea, probably home-made or a craft fair …