The funeral was lovely. We stuffed the deceased with cornbread and brined it in booze. I should mention that my use of “we” is somewhat misleading, as all I did was nap and demand more hot chocolate. I also played Scrabble with my mom, something I enjoy because she lets me get away with words [...]
Yesterday afternoon I hiked up to my favorite tree. Yes, out of all the trees in the world, I have chosen a favorite. It’s a very nice tree, with a perfect hollow for sitting and thinking and escaping the outside world. Its bark is rough but not prickly, which I’m sure you’ll agree is crucial [...]
To be honest, I’m not much of a doer. I’m more of a…relaxer. A dangerous tendency when you set your own schedule. I’ve come to the conclusion that the only option for me, aside from Blank-Eyed Cube Drone, is to find something I’m so excited about that I pop out of bed in the morning [...]
Today was spent trying to avoid being cranky. I was cranky and I knew I was cranky but I didn’t want to be cranky so I fought the cranky. I tried to work, I took a long walk, I went to a show, I tried to nap, I tried to get an eggnog latte and [...]
Living alone and working from home means my hallway has become the crockpot of my personality. When I’m getting things done and being tiresomely enthusiastic, it feels energized and like the Little Apartment That Could. When I can’t type a sentence to save my life and finally retreat into knitting and steeping guilt, a haze [...]
I enjoy telling people I have the neck of a swan and the eyes of a mole. I don’t really have the neck of a swan – unless swans are notable for tendons that pop alarmingly when they grin with enthusiasm and I’m not convinced swans ever grin with enthusiasm, any more than the Queen Mother [...]
I’ve been unemployed many times throughout my life – sometimes by choice, sometimes by accident, sometimes by deep governmental conspiracy aimed at the diminutive yet raucous aliens perched atop my head. At any rate, I have a fair amount of experience in this arena and I think I’m finally getting good at it. A lot [...]
You’d think an unabashed nerd such as myself would rock the pub trivia, but alas, it is not so. That I would tank on current affairs was a given (apparently a woman in Brazil was expelled from school for wearing a pink mini-skirt, not for founding a brothel for poodles as I erroneously suggested) (also, [...]
Behold! For lo, I HAVE A NEW WEB DESIGN. I am both giddy and very, very proud. I did it myself, you see. I downloaded Photoshop and I futzed with the fancy fonts I had to find on the internet to match the template I uploaded onto the server ALL BY MYSELF. Then I had [...]
When you’re in the midst of great change – after a breakup, new baby, new job, no job – your moods and the situation can feel precarious. (Dear god, I sound like a self-help book. JARGON CEASING. POINT IMMINENT.) You feel amazing at 11:37 but by 11:39, the whole world has crumbled around you like [...]
