Ah…the moving process. My son and I have moved in with my partner, and it’s wonderful! We started our life in our new home with the obligatory pizza night – ordering pizza from our favorite local pizza place. Our world is currently filled with tons of boxes – and books – so it’s going to …
There are a lot of hungry people out there. Food costs are rising, and a lot of people in other countries don’t have access to the food sources that we have. Even in the United States, there are food deserts – places where there is no easy access to grocery stores – and if people …
There’s a lot of talk about happiness and happiness projects. I like to keep a list of things I can do that make me happy/will lighten a dark or anxious mood when I find myself in one. Here’s a sample of items on my list: Listen to cheesy 80s music – the cheesier the better …
Theme Song: “La Vie En Rose” Madeleine Peyroux Projects: Lots of writing and editing; purging belongings that are not needed So, I was going through my stuff (in a fit of insomnia, which happens from time to time) and I found a box of hidden journals. I forgot I had these journals all boxed up neatly, …
Theme Song: Silence Projects: So many that I’m not listing them here right now… So, this is a question I woke up with on my mind this morning as I thought about academia’s grim prospects. I have an MA degree in philosophy, which pretty much qualifies me to hang out in a box behind Walmart. …
Theme Song: “You or Your Memory” The Mountain Goats Projects: Finishing up a chapter, sorting out email, the usual So, today, I was sitting there, revising a chapter and proofreading it for errors, and I started to think about a phrase my friend used to tell me whenever I’d talk about how I thought love …
Handing over the reins and letting someone help out when you need it isn’t a sign of dependence – it’s a sign of trust.
Theme Song: “Keep On Moving” – Bob Marley Current Projects: Looking for new clients, Making contact with all current and prospective clients So, it’s the new year. Happy New Year. I had a couple of tough years there. It’s my opinion that 2010 should never have happened and a good amount of 2011 was fallout …
So it’s like my 35th Christmas here on earth (if you count when I was just a wee lass of a month and a half old), and so far it’s been a good one. It’s got me thinking about a lot of things – the end of the year stuff – things I’ve accomplished this …
Theme Song: Pink Floyd “Money”…while thinking about birth control options… Projects: Writing articles, editing stuff, getting ready for Christmas You probably haven’t stopped much to think about birth control options – unless you need it. It’s really actually a sad thing that the options that we have for birth control are kind of slim and …
