I am participating in an online thing where a few people are getting together to chat through a moderated forum run by a grief counsellor.…
It’s 30 June; the last day of the first half of 2012 and the halfway point for my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. Of course,…
I went back and forth about what I should post today and for a brief moment, I even thought that I might not post at…
I completed my second half-marathon today. Well, that’s if you can count last year’s Inaugural Homeland Memorial Half Marathon. Which I do. Only today’s half…
I recently finished another swirl drawing and I thought that I’d share it with you. (But you have to read to the end to see…
There is a new campaign against stalking starting in the UK today and I thought it was a perfect opportunity to talk about stalking on…
I’m fat. No, that’s not true. That’s so far from the truth that it’s laughable. Heck, I’m not even overweight. Still, I feel “fat”(ish). Here’s…
Spring break started on Friday, and by Saturday morning I had created a bit of a to-do list of all of the things I want…
Yay! Today was my third race in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. I don’t know how I survived it, but I did! The Round…
It’s been a week since I last shared my mundane life with you here on Just Frances. And it’s been nearly that long since I…
Once again, I’ve found myself with a lower-than-ideal platelet count. Well, it was very low last week (13!) and I had them re-tested today. Hopefully,…
A little while ago, I told you about my classes for the spring semester and how one of those classes included blogging. Well, yesterday I…
Random thoughts – Week 3: List 31 simple pleasures; pick one and write about it. Last year I was challenged to write a list of 30 things…
I’ve been thinking about hunger for a few days now – ever since I signed up to participate in Art House Co-op’s “The Meal” project. The project…
Today was Race Two in my goal of running a race a month throughout 2012. (A joint goal with my partner-in-crime, Rebecca.) We couldn’t find…
I’m not new to the Scottish National Health Services (NHS), having had my first experience with them about 10 years ago, but I guess that…
It took a while to convince myself to get out of bed today. I mean, a long while – it was nearly noon by the time I…
The last couple of months have been a real struggle for me emotionally. I don’t know why; I don’t know what triggered it. (Well, I…
This will be a short post (lucky you!) and serves two purposes: (1) To get me back in the habit of regular posts and (2)…
For a few days now, I’ve been feeling the dreaded claws of illness tightening their grip on my immune system. In fact, by yesterday I…