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 […]
Category Archives: Life
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 […]
The Kingdom of Noise
So did you survive the great Facebook outage of 2021? The platform went down for several hours the other day. Wiped from the internet as if it didn’t exist. It likely was due to a boneheaded IT glitch, but theories about hacking and conspiracies – both internal and external – abounded. We’re so addicted to […]
Dazed and Confused
Yeah, last week I was pulled in too many directions to get anything written. This week … a thing I thought wasn’t starting until October 1 … started Monday. Pray for me. If you don’t hear from me next week, assume I’m busy doing the things. Much of the time I’m wandering around in a […]
Wet Logs and Dry Kindling
“You know that blog you wrote the other day? It’s doing it again.” “Doing what again?” Which blog? What did I write? I don’t remember these things. There are so many things to remember. I was expecting some tech issue. “It’s raining walls of water.” “Okay, then I’m going to wrap up quickly here so […]
And the World Keeps Spinning
A funny thing happened on the way to the cake shop. I mean, at least I got cake out of the deal. Mini bundts, to be exact. I headed to the city in the early afternoon to pick up two online orders – one a birthday cake surprise, one the usual groceries. Traffic seemed a […]
Keep On Keeping On
Have you ever paused in this whirlwind of a life and wondered, “What was it I did in the last week again?” Or month, year, etc. That’s me today. Well, there was a funeral for a friend’s dad … and calling hours … and lots of laundry … and an overnight trip … and oh […]
I Know Nothing
Some of my faith in humanity was restored this week. A nice lady told me to go in front of her at the self-checkout at Wally World. I had two items and she had half a cart full. We had a lovely conversation while I scanned my things and went on my way. Later that […]