The Missing Panties Caper
A pair of my panties has gone missing. I don’t know how long they’ve been AWOL. Let me explain. I […]
Musings about life
What Can I Do for You?
Let me know what I can do for you. This is a statement I received from several people recently after […]
Meditation
Fifteen minutes today. A quiet place in the house – usually the sofa, blinds closed. I start out with the […]
Here + There = Everywhere
We are all in this together. What don’t we understand about this? We may all live differently in this world […]
Tidy-widy, Uptight
I find myself in regular encounters with people who have tidy lives and are so far removed from my messy, […]
Will this keep my grandson safe?
I have an old acquaintance who types all of his emails in capital letters. They all begin, GREETINGS, and they […]
Did you realize you were young?
When you were young, did you realize you were young? When I was young, I didn’t know I was young. […]
Switcheroo – try something new
If you can’t get what you want, could you learn to want something else? People do this every day. They […]
Do. Doing. Done.
Do. Doing. Done. Let me expound. Do What does s/he do? Not what they say they’re going to do. Not […]
Is that Me?
Is that me? Am I that impatient, pushy and stubborn? Yes. Yes. And No. Yes, I am impatient especially when […]
Just A Little Bit
For me, it is important to make a little movement. I cannot behave like a stick-in-the-mud even though that might […]
Only one way
You know what you know but you don’t know what I know.Although you assume you do when you proselytize. Every […]
Extinction-level conversation
My Aunt Fannie once told me that the argument that led to her divorce from her first husband started about […]
Why Are You Good?
My blog posts are inspired by snippets of conversations that I’ve had or overheard, close encounters of all kinds, observations […]
Keeping Regular
A regular paycheck will motivate you to stay in a place that is horrible, oppressive, boring, snarky, ineffective, and soul-crushing. […]
Lost and Found, Found & Lost
The brown sock had been missing for weeks, long past the point where it should have been consigned to the […]
Love-Cuts
This is what I’ve observed: that sometimes, most times the people who cut you are the closest to you, the […]
This is why to buy “This is How”
This is How: Help for the Self: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude, & […]