When I was young I would wake up with scratches and cuts and bruises. I’d also be laying across my bed, teddy bear clutched under my head (he was pillow-sized), limbs hanging off. I was apparently an adventurer off to battle every night. It’s been decades since I’ve really hurt myself in my sleep, butContinue reading “My Poor Hand”
Category Archives: Random Musings
Life in a Nutshell
Today was a day. I wouldn’t say it was a bad day. More like just a perfect summary of my life at the moment. Our car has needed a lot of repairs recently. It did this crazy scary limp mode thing, which basically cuts your ability to do anything but limp along. I live inContinue reading “Life in a Nutshell”
Coping with my Brain
I’ve always known I think differently than most people. It has been jarringly obvious in so many areas. But I was also surrounded by strange thinking people in my youth, so it was usually allowed and encouraged, until it got frustrating. I learned early I had to work harder than everyone else. I really didn’tContinue reading “Coping with my Brain”
Healing with Nostalgia
The 90’s seem to be on everyone’s minds these days. A magical time before cell phones and streaming services. A time when there was tv specifically for families. I have been rewatching some classics, like Family Matters, Home Improvement, and Boy Meets World. As I watched, I became aware of how much I focus inContinue reading “Healing with Nostalgia”
Wednesday Anxiety
It never fails. Every Wednesday my anxiety skyrockets and puts me in a chokehold. No matter the tasks I accomplish, or the ones I don’t, I’m smothered under the weight of it. Sometimes it’s the weight of all the things I need to do. Other times, it’s the fear that I must be missing somethingContinue reading “Wednesday Anxiety”
Weird Together
My husband has always been very encouraging about my writing. He may not always understand my madness, but he tries his best to be helpful. I wrote recently about how expansive my days off feel, until they arrive and then they are narrowed down by my need to decompress. Well, my husband has similar ideasContinue reading “Weird Together”
Discovering Podcasts
For a long time now, I have filled silence with music, tv, or reading (yes, reading). I have also been feeling woefully under-informed. Yet, every time I try to get informed, it’s all so theatrical, opinionated, and one-sided. Ok. So it’s often two-sided, but that’s still a problem. I’ve been missing radio news/talk shows. TheContinue reading “Discovering Podcasts”
Take the Quiet When You Can
I always look towards my days off as an endless expanse of time in which all my goals can be accomplished. Even if in small doses. Then these days arrive and I am met with a very different experience. I am met with much decompressing. I set out to spend at least an hour aContinue reading “Take the Quiet When You Can”
Late Morning Coffee Thoughts
I have always loved sociology, I just never knew that’s what it was called until college. Then I realized it’s the one interest at the core of all my other loves. Linguistics, literature, psychology, sexuality, economics, history, anthropology, … all of them are through the lens of how and why we construct our social structures.Continue reading “Late Morning Coffee Thoughts”
Dusting Off Closet Skeletons
Well, I’m reevaluating my life. My brother is a narcissist. It’s nice to have a word for it. For what my family has lived through. For what I have lived through. Over the last several years I have been establishing boundaries with my brother that were long overdue. He moved far enough away that phoneContinue reading “Dusting Off Closet Skeletons”
The Accidental Domestic Goddess 