Some days it’s all too much
Something in the too early of this morning made me want to cry. I can’t put my finger on exactly what it was, I have a smorgasbord of heart aches to choose from; the state of the world, the terrible news from Nova Scotia, the uneven snore of the little old dog sleeping beside me […]
Day ? of self isolation
It had to happen, something needed to be done – I’d been isolated for so long my hair had reached a point of unruly that all the goop in the world couldn’t plaster it into something presentable. When they dialed the world back to essential services only hair cutting didn’t make the cut – apparently […]
A long day
I don’t know why some days feel so long; why the hours become too heavy for the minutes to drag. Time never drags on a good day – good days never have enough hours. It’s the maudlin days, the insecure days, the ones that lean into worry that feel never-ending. I’m having one of those days. There is […]
Scary Stuff
I’ve been letting myself go – this pandemic hit me smack in the ‘who gives a shit’. Until a couple of days ago I hadn’t worn makeup for weeks, I’d even started to forego washing my hair every morning, my eyebrows were starting to inch toward each other and the never-talked-about whiskers on my chin were […]
low gear
Mosey – to walk or move in a leisurely manner We are a month into this self isolation thing and Chester and I have discovered something new about ourselves – we know how to mosey. I know that doesn’t sound like a big deal but in the seven years Chester and I have been walking together […]
The COVID19 Nineteen
I guess there’s comfort in the fact most of us are doing it; staying at home, watching too much television and wearing a path from the couch to the refrigerator. We are eating out of boredom, bingeing on Netflix and gaining weight at alarming rates – so much so the problem has been deemed a syndrome […]
A Whoosh of Sadness
I was walking the dog on this beautiful spring morning – birds were singing, flowers blooming and the ocean was as smooth as glass – and my heart was breaking. I had such whoosh of sadness I felt embarrassed. I tried to focus on the beauty around me but kept falling back into a pit of despair. The […]
Making History
Remember when we used to talk about the weather? Remember when we’d complain about the rain or the price of gas or the traffic? We don’t do that anymore. I used to put on makeup every morning before I walked the dogs. I don’t do that anymore either. Times have changed. We are living in a defining moment – […]
Passing the time
I was smearing peanut butter on a rice cake yesterday when it occurred to me I wasn’t hungry – I ate it anyway. I like the sensation of my teeth pushing through a rice cake, it reminds me of chewing pencils – the peanut butter was a bonus. I’ve been doing a lot of mindless eating these […]