Sometimes it hits me just how much some of the people in my life have changed over time, something that has become glaringly apparent in recent years. But then I wonder… Have they changed? Or have they always been this way? Did I just not see it? Did they just hide it until it now? […]
a rough day Today is that day. It’s the sixth anniversary of my dad’s passing. So much happened during the months leading up to his death that overwhelmed me. To the point that I think, at some point, I stopped dealing with a lot of things. It was kind of a whirlwind time for me, […]
I inadvertently fell down a rabbit hole this morning, just by reading an about-me style page. It was less a biography and more of a slide down into a conspiracy-theory and hate-filled hole in the ground. There was an entire diatribea bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing (a better word there isn’t to describe it) […]
As I’ve talked about before, the last several years have really shaken my faith in humanity. Even after living for four years with him in office, it still shocks me that 45 was ever elected. It shocks me that so many people bought into his rhetoric, no matter how vile, bigoted, and hateful it was. […]
I am so tired lately that it’s zapped me of motivation to do much of anything but chill. Which is not very helpful for the creative process and writing, which is a necessary part of well, being a writer. Physically tired, mentally tired… all of the tired! I think most of it is because of […]
I’ve never been good at it. Letting go of people, of friendships or relationships. That kind of thing. Because of it, my boundaries aren’t always what they should be. I grew up in a glass house, in a small town. I came from a long line of lawyers, of politicians, of educators. I was raised […]
I just looked at some of the other blogs that participated in the Tuesday blog meme I did in my previous post. And one thing was very quickly clear. I don’t fit in. At all. And that’s a little lonely. The blogging community I once knew is gone. It’s very different now. Far more conservative […]
The last few years have changed me. Maybe, at least in part, that’s the price of aging. The “with age comes wisdom” thing. Perhaps that is part of it. But I think a bigger part of it has come from both within and without, the price of the Trump years. They were exhausting for me, […]
So blogging definitely fell by the wayside for most of the last two years. I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last posted. A lot has happened since then, life-changing kind of things. Since my last post in March of 2017, I’ve published four books, four novellas, one short, and I’ve been in […]
I want nothing more than to stay in Hawaii when Corey ‘s time is up in the Army. This place is my soul home and it would break my heart to leave. I’ve been doing lots and lots of research, looking for affordable homes in paradise. And that is not an easy thing to do! […]