This won’t surprise you in the least, but I identify as a Democrat. Allow me to say that I’m not a gung ho, die hard “OMG OMG GO GO GO GO Democrats!” kinda Democrat. I’m much quieter and, in all honesty, I’m not above voting for someone from a different party if I feel they’ll […]
Shaken, Not Stirred
A couple of friends have noticed and made mention to me that I haven’t been myself lately. I’m distracted or distant and there is some merit to that. You see, I haven’t ‘felt’ the same in the last couple of months. It’s all been askew, something I’ve known about and won’t deny. Things haven’t been […]
The Warmth of a Mental Fire
If medication can mess with someone’s mind when they’re taking it, it goes double for me. I rarely even take an aspirin. So if I’m taking cold/sinus medication as this past week has been the case, then rest assured it’s screwed with me. How? It makes me emotional. My husband says I’m already too emotional […]
A Pre-Birthday Message For My Husband
Dear Ralph, Your birthday is coming up soon and since I won’t be able to see you that day, I thought I’d share some private thoughts…publicly! Yes, I know. I’m living up to your favorite nickname for me; “What’s Wrong With You?” Well, do you remember a week or two after we started dating when […]
How They All Connect
2015 came to a thud of a close, didn’t it? Well, maybe not for you, but it certainly did for me. I lost two people who I cared about in the last two months of the year and I was kinda done with the Grim Reaper. Sadly, just because I was done with him didn’t […]
What Exactly Happened?
A friend asked if I was going to make any New Year’s resolutions for 2016. I can’t say that I was and I can’t say that I did. Resolutions have a unique way of being chucked by the wayside and forgotten, something I’m guilty of. There are things I want to accomplish in 2016 and […]
Fired For Being An A$$hole Outside Of Work
I think we can all agree the world is full of colorful people, and I’m not referring to race when I say this. I’m referring to personalities. Some are bright, some are a bit dull, some are dark as feces and act like it, and then everything in between. We feel unhindered in sharing a […]
How We Roll
I’m not sure why, but this time of year usually finds more people than usual inquiring about our living arrangements here. They like to call it curiosity. The Chinese have a better word for it; nosey. The hubs, sadly, works out of state and is only able to make it home every two months, sometimes […]
The Tao of Mourning
My husband tells me I can be a very foolish gweilo sometimes. Frequently. Almost all of the time, really. I suspect I share a viewpoint with my recently deceased friend, Roger Margason (aka Dorien Grey), that life ought to be one way, though it frequently decides to do as it damn well pleases and without […]
The Three Year Marathon That Wasn’t
It was about this time three years ago when my father-in-law really started having issues with his health. It began with surgery on an impacted vertebrae in his back, escalated to a diagnosis of cancer, the search for where the cancer spread from, a tumor at the bottom of his spine that left him in […]
