Everyone has boundaries, even if they rarely get violated, or you don't know exactly what they are, or you DO know but do not enforce well with others. Those boundaries do exist and many of us were stretched beyond what we thought we were physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of only 5 years ago. Quite …
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THE POST I’ve Been Unable to Conjure for Weeks
Someone very specific that I know will be VERY happy that I was (finally) inspired to cough this one up; believe me, it was hard going. As I write this brief intro, I'm still not entirely sure how I'll be going about telling this story. A more polished writer might choose not to get meta …
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Musings
We are all products of our experiences, they say. Of course, some of it is genetic, the point where we start, the hand we are dealt, but then what happens over the course of our lives can, and will, drastically reshape who we could have become in an alternate set of circumstances. For those born …
Surveillance
I went to the grocery store today for a single item. I generally take great pains to avoid single-item trips for efficiency and environmental reasons. My list-making and meal planning skills are pretty on point. However, today, I needed to buy tampons and nothing else. And, of course, Murphy's Law would not allow this trip …
The Upside of Inflation
If you haven't been living under a rock or have been COMPLETELY insulated from the economy (including not bartering with others who engage in the economy) for the last year, you know we've been experiencing a bit of inflation. Even if you don't really understand what "inflation" means technically speaking, no doubt you've noticed that …
Drought
Hey y'all, it's been a minute, eh? I didn't exactly plan to take a hiatus from the blog entirely and yet it's clearly what I needed to do for the last while, says the universe. And now, the universe is telling me (by keeping me awake on the one night when I VERY INTENTIONALLY went …
An Open Apology to E, K, and S, and the Entire Beautiful Online Community I Unceremoniously Crashed Out of Last Friday
First of all, let me say this post is a distraction; I am a distraction. I never actually wanted anyone to read anything I have written. I'm not good enough, I'm not worthy, and the opportunity cost is too high. In other words, don't pay attention to me; there are so many more important things …
How Many Different Ways are there to See the World?
This question came to me the other day and the more I consider it, the more joy and hope I feel for humanity. Back up, allow me to explain. There are a few things we run into on this planet that are constant, fixed, measurable, do not fluctuate based on time or conditions, at least …
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Focus Word for 2023
As the new year is now upon us and the days start to get noticeably longer (I walked the dogs until nearly 5pm this afternoon and twilight hung around until we arrived home), it is time to start moving around and seeing how the new year feels. Not unlike trying on a new favorite outfit, …
Damar Hamlin
I am not a big pro football fan. And just to be clear, I mean the NFL, the National Football League, rough-and-tumble, smashmouth, American Football. There are many reasons for this, but mostly I just didn't really grow up in a huge football household and we didn't really have a "home" team living in Southern …
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