Just the thoughts and musings of a middle-aged, aspiring Buddhist, late-diagnosed autistic female genius. You will probably not agree with me, but at least I will make you THINK. The only comments I take are high praise or gently constructive criticism. All others will be duly ignored.
The other day, I was gifted a meal kit from a friend of mine. It was something she had sent to her that she couldn't eat (due to gluten) and she thought I might like it. So I got to try it out. It was a baked tortellini dish with a tomato cream sauce. Turns …
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Here in the Pacific Northwest (USA), we have had one heckuva winter and spring. In a normal year, we would be starting to see daffodils pop up out of the ground right around my birthday in mid-February, a fact that always boggled the minds of my grandparents in Chicago when they were alive. 2021, however, …
I mentioned in a post quite a while ago about how I gleaned some amazing advice from a male journalist/podcaster in the past. Specifically, it was about the beginning of his career in blogging, and realizing that 90% of what he wrote in the beginning was complete garbage. And he published those pieces anyway. This …
As previously mentioned, I am on vacation this week. So far, activities have included sleeping in, getting a sunburn on the deck while having morning coffee, playing multiple games of cribbage and Rummikub with dear husband, paddling in the kayaks for a short time and MAYBE seeing a pinniped of some sort in the water, …
I'm not quite there yet, but as of Saturday morning, I will officially be going on vacation for a week. Dear husband and I are busting out of our tiny home and away from our computers and work for 7 whole days. We are heading to the Olympic Peninsula, one of my favorite places. I'm …
After a long time of not really seeing anyone outside of immediate family, we went out to dinner and beers with a friend this evening. This is someone from the band, so prior to the pandemic, I would get a chance to visit with him weekly at practice, give or take. Now I think I've …
People usually think of resilience as a positive trait for one to have. If you are resilient, you are a survivor. Resilience allows you to persist in spite of adversity. To bounce back quickly when things go sideways. But what if resilience comes at a cost? What if by focusing on resilience as something to …
There are definitely times I have struggled over the last year to keep writing. I am consistently plagued by voices in my head saying that I'm not contributing to society as I said I wanted to, or that there are so many people already writing more eloquently about autism, or simply that blogging is so …
I play saxophone in a band, or rather, I USED to play saxophone in a band. The pandemic has shut us down, 100% completely for the last year. This has caused a great disruption in my regular weekly routine and my social relationships. The Power Pep Band had just celebrated our 20th anniversary with an …
Typically, at least in America, when someone asks you who you "are," they really mean what is your profession. This came up at work recently when our team's question of the week was "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Whenever I get that question, of course …
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