How often do you shift gears in life?
"Do you leap between major life changes every six months or so, or do your shifts happen on a longer cycle?" Are you kidding? Okay, I will just about only drive a stick shift, with... More »
"Do you leap between major life changes every six months or so, or do your shifts happen on a longer cycle?" Are you kidding? Okay, I will just about only drive a stick shift, with... More »
This morning we had a tornado warning that lasted a couple of hours and I just couldn't envision taking all of our animals and sitting down in our cellar which has a dirt floor covered... More »
I kind of have to hope I haven't done it yet. And on the other hand that I never do or that maybe I've recovered. I was one of those kids who could interact with... More »
Finish putting up the fence for the dogs. Remember to take a trash bag on my walk with Little Bit today. Wash dishes. Kiss Krissy. Tell the people I love how much I love them.... More »
I love fall, I think it's my favorite season. Part of that is some ingrained memory of starting school, new beginnings from childhood, and part is the relief of cool nights and sleeping under fluffy... More »
When I started here I'd never participated in any kind of social network before and wasn't at all sure I wanted people to know who I was. And I'd never blogged before. I only used... More »
It falls to the bottom of my pockets and my bag and then I periodically scoop it out and gather it off the floor of the car and from the dresser and dump it into... More »
I don't have any claim to great understanding of economics. I can read the news and understand the basics, but I don't watch the details of the structures as we build the house of cards... More »
I joke that I'm a dilettante, but like most jokes, it's based in truth. This is in part because I learn through experience much more than through intellectual research, so in order to find the... More »
I would love to slip myself a note, hide it in my earlier-self pocket somewhere in my early childhood pants, that says: Don't waste time stressing about the big things. The big things get taken... More »