I’m a big fan of making resolutions – not so much of one for following through. Knowing this about myself, I’ve tried to avoid making them in the past. Or at least to avoid putting so much pressure on myself when it comes to keeping them and knowing if I do make them, it’s just […]
Of course by now, you probably know that I love Shepherds. Shepherd’s Moon is a a story about a woman who can communicate with animals. Creative Shepherding is about a group of Shepherds with way too much time on their hands. But, what better way to spend it than this?
So, my husband has been out of town all week. You wouldn’t know about that event because, despite being on Facebook and twitter and Instagram and all of the other sites where you are supposed to post every minute detail of your life, I don’t actually post anything about my life that’s super important until […]
There are only two things I fear in this world: vampires and dentists. Yesterday, I lost a filling in one of my molars, which is the absolute worst tooth for me to lose a filling because I have severe TMJ and having someone work that far back in my mouth is going to result in […]
Dear Phoenix, It’s now been 4 months and 11 days since we hit our first 100 degree day this year and quite frankly, I’ve had enough. I tried to make it work, I really did. But now I just can’t wait to be rid of you. Your ongoing assault of sunshine and relentless teasing […]
My formative years occurred during the tail end of the Cold War, so in addition to earthquake drills (since we lived on a fault line), we also had frequent “nuclear” drills. These drills consisted of exercises like “Duck and Cover” (we climbed under our desks and covered our heads), or “Basement Shelter Drills” (we formed […]
