I wasn’t sure I’d sit down to write anything this week. I haven’t had many opportunities even to sit down. Well, there have been a few. I watched all of The Tiger King on Netflix, so I feel more clued in to the plethora of memes and pop culture references on the social media. It […]
Author Archives: jennifergrashel
Shell Shocked
In today’s Wine with Dewine & Snackin’ with Acton – as in the daily 2pm press conference featuring Ohio governor Mike Dewine and director of public health Dr. Amy Acton – the heroic ODH director talked about her own experience going through the stages of grief as we navigate the COVID19 crisis. She also encouraged […]
Mask Wearing and Other Easter Traditions
Time wasters are a pet peeve of mine. Today’s adventure to town – my first time leaving the house in three days – turned out to be a fruitless mission. Apparently store policy varies depending on who is working. Why did I bother calling ahead again? Peace and love, friends. I understand this a challenging […]
Yeah, My Head’s Still Spinning, Too
Well, not in a Linda Blair The Exorcist kind of way. Just still trying to get used to pandemic life. Trying to stay up to date on the news without overdosing on it. Trying to get my tax paperwork together without worrying too much about it since the deadlines have all been extended. But still […]
Captain’s Log Stardate … Oh I Have No Idea What Day It Is
How is your COVID-19 Quarantine going? Quarantine is a bit of a broad misnomer, as I think (don’t quote me on this) technically the word quarantine applies to those who are experiencing symptoms, have been confirmed positive, have been exposed to a confirmed case, or who have recently traveled to certain high risk areas. But […]
The New Normal
Ack. I feel like I’ve been drinking from a veritable fire hose of information overload for the last week. P.S. “The new normal” sounds like a misnomer. In no way is any of this really normal. Coronavirus Chaos has swept the nation, not to mention the world, and raised our collective anxiety level a few […]
A Viral Post
Greetings from the day before Friday the 13th! You would think superstitions surrounding the date and this week’s full moon would be the main topic of conversation, but noooooo. The words of the day are coronavirus, COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, pandemic. “Social distancing” surely will be added to the dictionary this year. The situation is […]
Pivot!
I had a great birthday weekend. Thanks for asking. As a belated gift, the powers that be at the Friendbook got me a gift so spectacular you aren’t going to believe it. Go ahead, guess what it is. Zuck’s army labeled my site as spam (the one on which you’re reading this, unless you’re catching […]
Tenacity
“Hey there! How are you?!?” “I’m fine. How are you?” I’m not really, but who is. I was feeling supremely unfine in so many different ways, but it seemed like neither the time nor place for sharing. We chatted for a few minutes. “No one is like you. No one has your tenacity.” While tempted […]
Deathbed Confessions
Greetings, faithful readers! I’m coming at ya from an afternoon spent sitting in the BMV renewing my driver’s license. With the new super duper industrial strength “compliant” version, you don’t actually leave with your license in hand. You leave with your old license – now hole punched like swiss cheese in the corner – and […]