Last week’s blog entry about regrets is valid, in my worldview. As is the pretty-much opposite take, that being aware of tiny moments of perfection allows you to make a necklace of pearls and gems and found shark teeth and tiny shells that make life as beautiful as I am wistful. Problem is that it’s […]
Maybe If I Consider the Maybes
A year ago, we were still in the trailer, in the campground in Wisconsin, looking for a house to buy. Maybe, if we’d spent less time house-hunting, feeling like the summer was a ticking time bomb, and more time finding a sustainable apartment (or rental house) that wouldn’t suck our souls from our very throats […]
A Year off the Road, a Month of Reckoning, Part 1
I have a new plan for this blog. Yes, no surprise there. But, hear me out. Because I’ve been stymied by that manuscript I have in the works, and because these entries here continue to be easy to write, I’ve decided to write the manuscript here. Terrible idea, I know. AI will steal my words. […]
Guess the Events in My Triathalon
I was greeted downstairs this morning by the sight of Tracy doing the dishes without a shirt on. Walking around the house half naked is my job, so I asked what on Earth compelled him to steal my mojo. It was only 9 am, but turns out he’d already ridden his bike all the way […]
Lessons from Two Nights of Phish
There’s a group of four guys, about my age (50s), about my background (east coast, prep-school, real and quasi smart-ass/intellectuals), who spent their high school years in about the same way I did (when not seeing Grateful Dead shows, then in someone’s parents’ basement playing in or listening to a jam band). Those four guys […]
Making Connections in a New Town
My assumptions about making new friends and how that’s actually working out.
Come for a Visit in Madison!
Get a snapshot of the near-east of Madison, Wisconsin, presented by someone who doesn’t know what she’s talking about (me, who’s lived here for four months).
Catching up with Odds and Ends: Fashion and Fish
I’ve got several draft posts in my folder that I’ve been working on, but they feel more like road blocks to writing than the healthy writing exercises I want them to be. I want to write more interesting posts with more mindful topics: mindful to you in that they’re not so run of the mill, […]
What It Feels Like Here in Limbo
I used to know that I would be happy if I could just relax. For even a few minutes. I would sit on the sofa and read my book, lazily. I would watch TV beside Tracy, calmly, quietly. If I could only be still. What kept me from this was terrible restlessness. A friend recently […]
Conflicts of Psychic Interests
It’s been more than a month since I took a break here, so it’s time to check in. But, I’m still of several minds re: what to write. The Conflict Do I provide cheery stories from when I had Finn—and several friends—visit for almost three weeks: loved ones surrounding me back to back, stellar summer […]
