I woke up feeling like I’d downed an entire bottle of bourbon. The room was spinning, my head hurt, and I’d thrown up everything interesting I’d eaten the night before. When I tried to walk from the bedroom to the bathroom I found I had a difficult time going in a straight line. It was an odd and scary feeling… Read More
State Fair Time!
“Mom,†said my daughter during a static-riddled phone call, “I believe you have your State Fair facts wrong. Iowa has the number one rated fair.†“Mmmmm, I don’t think so,†I said. “The ranking, depending on who is doing the rating, is something like Texas, Minnesota, and then Iowa.†“Nuh uh. Iowa is #1.†Poor, misguided child. I was ready… Read More
Finding Joy When It’s Easier To Be Annoyed
@#$%^!!! That’s how I felt this morning, and knew I would have to work hard to move past the negative emotions. Why work to reframe my feelings? I prefer to be an optimistic person. I prefer to see the good in even not-so-good situations. And, each week I write about some little thing that brought me happiness and then share… Read More
The Marital Bed
Floating upwards through the sleep of the exhausted…midlife hot flashes are a preview of hell for the hormonal…I awake to the not-so-gentle kneading motions of our ten-pound cat on my bladder. Pudgy is hungry and she knows bladder badgering is more effective than meowing in my face. “Okay! Okay!†I say as she jumps to the floor expecting me to… Read More
NOLA!!!
Who’s NOLA, you say? Isn’t she that woman who sings Come Away With Me and plays the piano? Actually NOLA is a where, not a who…New Orleans, LA, to be specific. If you’ve never visited New Orleans, but have always wanted to go, I want to make you aware of an extraordinary person, Cassandra Snyder. If you’ve been to New… Read More
Signs and the Road to Belief
Have you ever watched a movie where the hero dangles from a cliff by the wispiest of branches protruding from a rock? The longer he swings and kicks and tightens his grip, the quicker the twig disintegrates. The hero is terrified of what is below and refuses to trust that his buddies have pulled a wagon of fluffy hay beneath… Read More
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