When work is the escape…
I have never been more thankful that I gave up teaching than I am today. If I were a teacher, I … Continue reading When work is the escape…
I have never been more thankful that I gave up teaching than I am today. If I were a teacher, I … Continue reading When work is the escape…
For months I have been working with colleagues who are mothers of young children, newly entered into childcare situations and … Continue reading Still a mama…
Twenty years ago today, I wrapped myself in satin, lace, and bows and made myself a birthday present — a bride … Continue reading When it all points to God…
Because we went out for lunch to celebrate the birthday of a colleague yesterday — and went out for lunch … Continue reading “Dine at desk” November…
Americans are getting fatter and fatter, yet the pants we wear are getting smaller and smaller. I just don’t understand … Continue reading When I am scared of pants…
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? This post is that thousand plus a few of my own. Last … Continue reading A thousand plus words…
I am sitting at this computer, waiting for pages to load, thinking out loud that this is the slowest computer … Continue reading My cat is in the closet…
The parking lot at the health club was ridiculously crowded, but just as I entered the lot, I noticed a … Continue reading Random rant I wish I’d missed…
It felt as if I were in Mrs. Repulski’s Advanced Humanities class again. “I’d better explain this better,” my English … Continue reading The view from inside…
We arrived in Seattle for a wedding, knowing that we were to share a two-bedroom apartment with my sister-in-law and her … Continue reading A queen for five days…
Just a week ago, I was in a Seattle apartment icing a painful bruise to my shin bone, barely able … Continue reading Formerly streetless in Seattle…
Writing about my “hostage situation” in McDonald’s made me think of my father’s week-long experience as a McDonald’s hostage — at least … Continue reading Singing to free the hostage…
Last night, with 97 percent of the vote counted, CNN projected that the state of Florida would not approve the … Continue reading Legalizing homelessness?
One step forward, three steps back — but in reverse. Sunday — through the gift of ending Daylight Savings — … Continue reading Losing time…
It was the first day of NaBloPoMo, and I was trapped inside a McDonalds without a computer, without even a … Continue reading Held hostage by a cell phone…
“If the hardest thing I have to do today is remember not to put on deodorant, this will be a … Continue reading The fear of no future…
Florida weather must confuse plants as much as it confuses my immune system. Series of warm, humid days are suddenly wrenched … Continue reading When flowers bloom in winter…
I’m beginning to think I’m a little slow on the uptake. (Very slow, actually, as it is taking me multiple … Continue reading Putting past successes behind me…