When we bought the Altima, it was for the gas mileage, not for the add-ons. We didn’t care that the cigarette lighter didn’t work (we don’t smoke), or that there was an old cassette jammed in the radio/tape player. But I did start to care when the antenna broke.
Stress is a killer. We all live with it at varying levels, sometimes more, sometimes less. It’s a factor in our lives that we can’t escape. We can’t change the things that stress us, whether it’s bills that are due, health problems, family issues, car trouble, or difficult classes in school.
Having spent much of my life reading and writing, I find it particularly disturbing that, generally speaking, the quality and caliber of writing today is going downhill. It’s one thing to deal with those who use internet shorthand like LOL and BRB (and really, folks, we are no longer dealing with painfully slow and expensive […]
I always feel both blest and stressed between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Stressed trying to keep up with all the comings and goings of our numerous clan, planning get-togethers and figuring out who’s going to be able to meet for dinner when. But blest beyond measure as I see my wonderful family interacting, teasing, having a […]
This is my time to hibernate. When it gets cold and these aging joints let me know I’ve been creaking around on them pretty hard, it’s so easy just to stay indoors and enjoy the heat. The cats let me know they like the warmth as well, standing on the windowsill with one paw raised […]
And so we have come once again to the time of year dreaded by doctors, nurses, police, fire, and rescue squads alike: the “holidays.” Colder weather brings the risk of fire from the various ways people use to get warm. It also brings ice and snow with those attendant risks of accident and injury. But […]
A friend of mine asked me to help her brainstorm for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration she holds in her city every year. She said with all the economic news, it was hard to come up with something positive and hopeful as a theme. We tossed around so many ideas…
Have you noticed that when the seasons change your life goes into some sort of limbo for a week or two? Mine sure does. We get our sleep cycles out of whack, feel vaguely disoriented and out of step, and then we find our place and get rolling again.
After all the years of more than ample fertility, I figured I would really enjoy hitting “the change of life.” I don’t fear getting older…hey, it’s not like we have any choice! Problem is, I don’t know when it will happen. None of the women living in my family seem to know because they all […]
I spend more than the usual amount of time on the web. I post content on a series of regional portals, on several blogs, and for a host of web clients who have hired me. I’ve been doing web work since 1996, back in the day when we still coded in notepad. I love the ways the […]
Today I got three copies of this post about “Life is a Gift” that contained this supposed poem about a blind girl whose boyfriend donated his eyes so she could see in hopes that she would marry him..but when she could see she saw that he was blind and couldn’t bear to be saddled with […]
We live in a world of deadlines and ultimatums. Everything around us has some semblance of order and routine and a measure of schedule to live within. I freely admit to being one of those people who struggles with schedules and routine. I like order and routine, but it just doesn’t like living with me […]
