I am listening to Tony Robins right now. He’s my occasional guy. Right now, with the new year fast approaching, I’ve rekindled our relationship. He is asking me to write down any given emotions I feel in a week. Can… Read More ›
Lotus
An In-Between Love
I said good bye. But he said it was not good bye. That is what he said. And so I am waiting on whatever it is that is not good bye. What is it? What is it that compels us… Read More ›
Jumping In
Here in the cabin. On the lake. We jumped in. All of us. Well, almost all of us. Me: If you don’t suffer it’s not good. Carol: Tame the wild elephant. I am the wild elephant. Lav: Soften the edges…. Read More ›
The Forever Winter
It should be springtime. New life, fresh colors, the smell of blossoms, the warm breeze… Life! Joy! New beginnings!! And yet… And yet… And yet the sun is still hiding and the sky is still stubbornly somber. The trees stand… Read More ›
Texting and the Decline of Language (Or Is It?)
John McWhorter gives an interesting and engaging Ted Talk about texting and how many bemoan the way in which texting is dumbing us down. Well, not me. I don’t text. Although, now that I am following those butterflies (my super… Read More ›
Infixes Are Absoflippinglutely Fandiddlytastic!
I have an aversion to profanity. I do. My fifteen-year-old son would have me subscribe to the attitude that a word is just a word. I will not. I must draw the line somewhere, and profanity is that line. Imagine… Read More ›
What Makes A Word Realz?
I decided eight weeks ago that I would pursue an MA in English for three different reasons. The first is that I am a single mother, and during the weekends when my children are away, I find myself under the… Read More ›
Dominant: Butterflies and Love
Lately, love has been the dominant thought running through my mind. This is a big deal. Really. It’s a big deal because for the past six years, since my traumatic divorce, I’ve remained single. I don’t mean the kind of… Read More ›
Doing the Best You Can is the Best You Can Do
My father has a theory. My father has lots of theories. Some interesting, some ignorant, some humorous, and some are just downright insane. My father, he’s an interesting man, and I suppose he is somewhat insane. But I guess we… Read More ›
Dating at Forty
Dating. Dating at forty. Dating at forty with three kids. Five years since my somewhat painful (brutally traumatic) divorce, the only relationship I’ve been in is with Ben and Jerry. But that relationship was very toxic as my weight… Read More ›
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