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 […]
Category Archives: Grief and Loss
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 […]
Heavy Lifting
I exhaled and we sighed collectively. “There are a lot of heavy things going on right now.” We shared our individual heavy things. The usual stuff of life. Work, family, friends with tough medical diagnoses. And then there’s Afghanistan. I barely have words for the humanitarian crisis that’s going on. A crisis that perhaps could […]
Something Stinky This Way Comes
I was greeted the other morning by a stink bug on the bathroom mirror. (I killed it before trying to get a photo.) And today I learned the stink bug is native to southeast Asia and likely was accidentally introduced to the US from China or Japan. No reports on whether it was from Wuhan. […]
This Is How Well I’m Doing
Every time I do something clumsy … Which happens a little too often … Every time I forget something … Even when I accomplish far fewer tasks than are on my to do list … I’ve been known to utter the phrase … This is how well I’m doing. How well are you doing in […]
What’s Your Story and Adventures in the Quest for Coffee
There’s a meme I’ve seen that reads something like, “That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives …” I finished the audio version of Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert earlier this week. The book is a long awaited sequel to Moloka’i, historical […]
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 […]
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 […]
National Leon Day
I learned via a highly important text this week that June 25 is National Leon Day. Haven’t heard of this made up holiday? Leon is Noel spelled backwards, and June 25 is six months away from Christmas. Hallmark is bound to come up with a new greeting card line soon. If, like me, you have […]
My Favorite Subject
“What are you going to talk about?”
“Grief and loss, but I’ve kept that quiet from most of the people here.”
“Oh! That’s my favorite subject!”