It’s Christmas Eve already. Wow! It seems to have jumped up out of nowhere. But, I am pleased to say that I have all of…
Well, today marks the end of my first semester as a postgraduate student. It’s been a crazy and hectic journey to get to this point,…
I’ve spent a bit of time packing today. Wow, it seems like I’m doing that a lot lately. But I hope it’s a while before…
Before I graduated from university money was tight. My adult life, until shortly before I got married, was spent not spending money. No, really. Money…
I am now officially a marathon finisher! Can you believe it? No, neither can I. Today’s feat went much, much better than I expected. And…
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…
A couple of nights before we had services for Paul in England*, a woman I know told me a story about feathers. She said when…
Wow! Can you believe that I’m flying “home” to Scotland tomorrow? Or should I say today, since it’s past midnight in the homeland (why am…
I’m sure you’ve gleaned by now that I’m very anxious and frightened about my future. And I bet some people wonder why I’m putting myself…
I had a post ready about how beat tired I was and it was only Monday. But I’m not going to post it because my…
My awesome niece, Bug, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma the other day. She’s just days away from turning 15 and is an amazing kid. Really.…
Today is Ash Wednesday; the start of the Lenten season. For 40 days (and six Sundays) I will reflect on my faith and my relationship…
Well, it’s Pancake Day and I’ve managed to remember and forget and remember and forget and remember all since I woke up. Of course, by…
I spent an hour or so transferring my old floppy disks onto my external hard drive today and was very pleased with myself for managing…
Over the past several weeks I’ve made a lot of decisions that will have a lasting impact on my life. I’ve set the wheels in…
Today is my 37th birthday. And the birthday girl gets to make wishes. And I don’t believe in the whole “if you tell anyone your…
My friend posted a list of 100 random things her daughter wrote about herself out of boredom and I thought I’d give it a shot…
We have survival kits for camping trips and natural disasters. We have special kits for snake bites and cuts. We keep emergency kits in our…
When I’m feeling stressed I turn to my writing prompts. Today, that meant working on a new form poem, which led me to write a…
Yay! It’s 2011! Part of me dreads entering yet another new year because it reminds me of where I thought my life would be by…