I wrote some new lyrics for a Christmas classic. In the bleak midwinterIt’s bleak it’s bleak it’s bleak bleak bleak In a world pandemicIt’s bleak it’s bleak it’s bleak bleak bleak Groundhog Day is coming soonIt’s like we’re in the movie though Running on a hamster wheelA great pandemic hamster wheel Okay, I’m not as […]
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Joy to the World
Happy Advent season, now that we’re well into advent season. Joy has been hard to come by in the era of pandemic life and social media shrieking, hasn’t it? I find myself intentionally making time for things that spark joy. Like spray painting the pumpkins I’ve had on the porch with a coat of white […]
Earworms
I’ve had the weirdest combination of songs stuck in my head. It started when a friend sang Just a Closer Walk with Thee at … not church like you might expect. A funeral. I’m pretty sure the deceased would say there are worse things that could be stuck in my head. A PBS special about […]
What the Enemy Meant for Evil
When last we visited, the discussion surrounded blowing chunks. Or something like that. Since then you may have visited with family or friends for Thanksgiving. Hopefully no blowing of chunks was involved. Other things that have been running through my mind in recent weeks … The word swimmingly. Much like the word fantastic, swimmingly can […]
Correlation Causation Yada Yada
A friend posited on the SoMe this week that perhaps those who continue dismissing Covid as not a serious problem, as really only affecting the elderly and infirm, don’t happen to spend any time around the elderly or infirm. Maybe that’s generous, maybe not. The case numbers, hospitalizations, and test positivity rate continue to rise […]
Freedom ‘21
I saw Lyle Lovett on an episode of Blue Bloods the other day. Likely during the Wednesday marathon that happens on one of the digital channels. It’s the soundtrack that plays around these parts. Which reminds me … you need to read Becoming Duchess Goldblatt if you haven’t already. Lyle Lovett himself appears in the […]
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
I’m not the first person to say, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” The interwebs are having trouble attributing the phrase to any one originator, so we’ll just call it a famous saying. “You’ve heard it said …” I’ve heard things said lately that have me noticing a couple phenomena. There seems to be an […]
What is Normal?
Do you ever feel not quite yourself? It might just be lack of sleep and fumes emanating from the kitchen construction today, along with the ragweed that really, really needs to die. Good grief, that pollen is hanging on. Two years ago on this day, as the social media memories have reminded me, I was […]
Compassion Fatigue
My friend the creeper is back, in case you were wondering. The name’s Creeper. Brown Creeper. ‘Tis the season apparently. Thankfully, she/he/they – I haven’t inquired as to the bird’s preferred pronouns – doesn’t seem obsessed with flinging her/his/itself against my bedroom window repeatedly, nor does she/he/they seem fond of singing at the top of […]
Discombobulation
“There was mass confusion. Pretty sure the enemy has all of us discombobulated right now.” Isn’t that the truth. If you’ve never read C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, definitely go do that ASAP. It ought to be required reading of all believers. Here in the comfy first world anyway. It’s a fictional but chilling tale […]