I don’t know why I feel the need to apologise for the delay in posting a story about my Christmas weekend, but I feel bad…
I’ve been struggling to find my Christmas Spirit since the season began and was starting to wonder if it would be found in time. I…
Once again, I wanted to spend the day inside, hiding away from the world. I wanted to sit in and sulk and cry and feel…
This morning I realised that I haven’t been outside since Monday. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday holed up inside working on my dissertation proposal – and only…
As I write this post, people are counting down to Christmas. Really. I mean, it’s not even Thanksgiving and they’re already counting down to Christmas.…
Last week I finally got around to seeing my new doctor and this week I’m regretting it just that little bit. You see, on the…
My life is made up of seconds. And I’m spending the next 600 hundred on a free-writing exercise. And you get to read all about…
Sometimes, no matter how much thought goes into plans, things don’t work out. From Daedalus and Icarus’ attempt at building wings to escape from Crete…
Confession: I have 292 Facebook friends. At least 46 of them are people I’ve never met. 25 or so are people I’ve only met once.…
If you aren’t already aware of it, tomorrow is Election Day in America. And as we all know (or should know!) one of the most…
Ah, yes. It’s that magical time of year when the clocks fall back an hour as you sleep. I always liked clock-changing times as a…
Since the beginning of June, I’ve been a bit remiss about organising my digital files. I think I got a bit crazy with my foster…
Life is mostly good these days. It’s mostly happy and mostly bright and mostly cheerful. Mostly. Of course, the problem with “mostly” is that mostly…
Oh my goodness! Do you realise that there are only three more sleeps until the Loch Ness Marathon? Well, restless sleeps would be my guess,…
It’s here! My first week of classes has finally happened! After a long journey of ups and downs and a false start or two, I…
I love olives. They are very much a part of my life. Olives for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Olives for tacos and nachos and pizza. Olives…
Earlier today I mentioned that there was some good news in my search for a flat and I have been asked by a couple of…
For more than two years now, my nights have been haunted with horrible dreams. I call them “widow dreams” and I understand from other widow(er)s…
Last August I wrote a post titled Plus One, and for the months between then and now my life was thrown into this weird world…
Once again, I’ve become lax in my efforts to reclaim my lunch hour. The last time I made a deliberate effort to do so was…