No Words
(in case you’ve wondered where I’ve been) I’ve had a lot to say over the five years I’ve been blogging – I’ve written over four hundred essays. I used the blog as a commitment to creative writing – like doing homework. Admittedly finding things to write about has been seasonal, inspiration is like the weather […]
Done but not Perfect
I’ve been dotting ‘i’s and crossing ‘t’s for the past few weeks – reading and re-reading, revising and reworking – until my eyes have felt as crossed as those ‘t’s. There is a point in every project where the creator of the project has to let it go. “Done is better than perfect.” Elizabeth Gilbert said […]
Our First Anniversary
We are celebrating our first anniversary in our new house. Lots has happened in the past twelve months; we said goodbye to Chester and hello to Penny, we celebrated all the occasions, experienced all the seasons and we are still speaking to each other. We survived the downstairs renovation and the moving of the palm […]
2 years ago
Facebook has a thing about memories – for the past couple of weeks I’ve been lambasted with pictures I posted during our trip to Florida in February 2020 – the trip we snuck in just before the pandemic we hadn’t heard of yet hit. The pictures are of my nearest and dearest having the time […]
When push comes to shove
I’m easily entertained – or perhaps easily distracted – it doesn’t take much to glue me to the television. I’ve been caught up in this trucker-convoy-protest-bullshit stuff to the detriment of everything else in my life lately; my writing, my housework and even my obsession with the 2022 Olympics. This past weekend tensions grew to such […]
A Rant
I don’t get out much these days and after two years of coping with a global pandemic I’m actually okay with that. My social circle has shrunk to a place where only a few people fit into my bubble. I’m totally fine with the mask wearing thing – I will probably continue to wear one even after […]
January 43, 2022
This has felt like a month with no finish line – a never ending string of Mondays and Tuesdays and I’m tired of it. I’m so done of January I’m even cranky with Alexa. Yup, the perfectly calm and pleasant voice of the granter of requests is seeing a side of me I usually keep under wraps. It […]
The Boring Twenties
I’ve been trying to ignore January by pretending the the clean slate of a new year was still an option but it’s been a fool’s mission. 2022 arrived and its resemblance to 2020 and 2021 is disheartening. This new year got a lackluster reception at my house, it arrived while I was sleeping and I’ve been avoiding […]
‘It’s the Season
My halls have been decked for over two weeks – I jumped into the holiday season with two feet this year. I haven’t seen much of what is on display for four years – I packed my last real Christmas away just prior to opening a box filled with so much grief it’s taken these […]
Another 2 birds/same stone
A seasonal snippet from the Storyworth project. Catalog Shopping Santa brought my younger sister a rabbit for Christmas once – she named him Peter. I don’t know what happened to Peter after the excitement of Christmas morning was over but I still have the transistor radio he brought to me that year. Christmas in our house […]