I haven't been counting days or anything, but I'm pretty sure it has been nearly 5 months since it has really rained in my neck of the woods. Normally, we would have had SOME rain through the summer months, but this year was dry as a bone. I have felt the thirst of the ground …
Month: September 2022
So This Thing Happened Friday Night…
As soon as I was home from walking the dogs Friday evening and layed out in the hammock until I started to feel the chill of the near-fall evening, I figured out what to do next for my free evening. Hubby's playing games with the gamers leaving me with my favorite company other than him: …
Alive, but Not Living
I'll start this post with the preface that, while I am not feeling excellent or excited to be alive these days (honestly, do I ever?), I am not suicidal and this post is not intended to be a cry for help or anything like that. I won't ever tell you how to feel or react …
All Good Things Must Come to an End
I am going back to the day job Monday, after taking the last week and a half off. The first part of my time out of the office was dedicated to our annual Labor Day tradition of traveling to a group camp site for the long weekend. The trip, though cut short, really was lovely. …
Reading Makes Me Fall Asleep
About a year or more ago, I heard about a book that I became interested in called Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky. I can't recall where I heard about this book, but it was likely mentioned in some podcast or another; I find out about a lot of cool shit from podcasts. The …
Restoration
This Monday is a federal holiday in the US, Labor Day. Labor Day weekend typically marks the end of the summer season, with many schools starting classes just as the weather also starts to show signs that autumn will soon be upon us. As much as I would love to go into the history and …
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