HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! BE CAREFUL OUT THERE! Last week, I went to a monthly Book Club that’s held in a local library and facilitated by a brilliant and good friend. Can you guess the book we read for October? Dracula by Bram Stoker. Perfect, right?! It’s a very good read, but DO NOT read it onceContinue reading “I Vant to Drink Your Blood”
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Go Easy On Me
Sixteen months is a record for me. Over time I thought, why bother going back? It’s too hard, too embarrassing, too much failure, too exposing. But then one Saturday morning when, honestly, I am fantasizing about going way back to when Saturday mornings meant I could stay in my pajamas watching cartoons and eating CaptainContinue reading “Go Easy On Me”
Holy Eraser, I’ve Moved….
If you read this blog, well, more accurately, considering I haven’t posted in ages, if you used to read this blog, I’ve started blogging again but at a new WordPress home called In the Chair. Weird name, I know, but check it out when you get a chance and follow me there if you’d like.Continue reading “Holy Eraser, I’ve Moved….”
I Don’t Want the World to See Me
It’s not that I don’t like people. I’m just kind of an introvert. This is a hot topic right now and a way people are defining themselves thanks to books like Quiet. I bought the book but never read it, A friend of mine said she knows several people who did the exact same thing.Continue reading “I Don’t Want the World to See Me”
Hello Blogging My Old Friend
Why “In the Chair”? A girl’s gotta sit somewhere. Welcome to “In the Chair,” my new blog. It’s called “In the Chair” because all the writing greats and how-to-books and workshop instructors and motivational speakers tell you, get in the chair. Do the work, ship it, stop talking about it and just write. So IContinue reading “Hello Blogging My Old Friend”
Love Hurts
Recently I was in a library. You know the scene. Paper rustling, old cushioned chairs, an indestructible rug, hushed voices, overhead air blowing, throats clearing, necks cracking, lots of wooden shelves and cubbies and tables, pale-faced librarians smiling shhhhh. I was going to go to Starbucks but then the library beckoned. There wasn’t green iced teaContinue reading “Love Hurts”
Thanks a Lot
There is a mountain of research that correlates the practice of gratitude with mental an physical health benefits – everything from better mood, less anger, positive outlook, happiness and lower blood pressure. Of course, this is just correlation, not cause and effect. These outcomes could be caused by any number of other things the subjectsContinue reading “Thanks a Lot”
It’s a Cold and It’s a Lonely Hallelujah
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It’s been six months since my last blog post. Not that I have anything to write about. I suppose I could rant about Donald Trump but if I get started I won’t stop. I could talk about this book I just finished that was the saddest story IContinue reading “It’s a Cold and It’s a Lonely Hallelujah”
Say It Ain’t So
The libraries are closing. I know other things are closing too. Factories, big box stores, music/art/sports programs, restaurants, movie theaters, entire shopping malls. I know half our towns are broke, people are out of work, our house isn’t worth what we bought it for, Zuckerberg lost a few billion dollars, college graduates can’t find jobs, health care feels likeContinue reading “Say It Ain’t So”
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
Oh yeah. I did it. Up at 7:00 AM baking cookies. Watched those Rockettes kick higher than the Empire State Building. Saw Harry Potter singing in a suit and bow tie with John Larroquette (Didn’t I see that last year too? Wasn’t it just as strange then?). Watched my better half cook enough food for a smallContinue reading “Hello Darkness My Old Friend”
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