Category: Random thoughts
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Dancing With the Limp
“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 26: “Oy, with the poodles already.”
So, today was a total wash. I got absolutely nothing accomplished – except for watching 1/2 of the very first season of Gilmore Girls. And napping. I’m one of those people who has been waiting for the revival – Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life – to be released on Netflix. That day finally came and…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 23: ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving
Well, I’m still in hyper-drive mode. The stuffing is almost ready. I need to clean the turkey. Once the turkey is in the oven, I need to clean the kitchen, which will consist of washing pans and bowls too large for the dishwasher, and putting everything else in the dishwasher. Then, I will get to sleep…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 16: “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
As time goes by, any hope for anything positive in the new administration is being rapidly ripped away from us. More and more people with extremist points of view – who are completely unfit – are being nominated for positions of power. It’s frightening, to say the least. However, I am seeing glimmers of hope and…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2106) – Day 15: A Day of Mental Self-Care
It’s been a week, hasn’t it? Highs and lows. Depression and anger. Confusion and fear. It’s been a mixed bag for me. For a lot of us. The hits keep coming, too. And, unfortunately, I think they are going to keep coming. I decided that I needed to take a day, at least, to just…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 14: Before and After
My car was overdue for an oil change. Overdue in miles, not time. I was barely past the suggested 3 months. But I was about 1,300 miles past the recommended mileage. With colder weather heading our way, I figured I should take the time to get this done. Plus, it’s a task that was easy…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 13: It’s still hard, but this helps
Like millions and millions of other people in the US, things are still hard. They are still emotional. We’re moving through grief and fear and sadness and anger and depression and rebellion and rage and everything in between. We’re not experiencing them in a linear fashion. We’re not experiencing them all at once. We’re not…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 12: Tasks for a quiet day
It’s been a slow day in my world. I don’t have much to say today. (I can hear the collective sigh from here.) I did some work for GCLS, because, as a lesbian, I feel it’s important that our stories continue to be told. So I will do the work I need to do to…
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Just when we thought it was safe to forget algebra…
I was at the convenience store up the block earlier today. I’m a “loyalty” member there and I’d earned a free coffee – any kind, any size. But, I don’t drink coffee. So, I turned and shouted to everyone in the store, “Hey! Who wants a free coffee?!” A couple of people looked at me…
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NaBloPoMo (11/2015) – Day 29: The end is near
Over the last 29 days, I’ve been watching my friends post their NaNoWriMo updates. Some have already finished. Some are on track to meet their goal by tomorrow. Some are behind and playing a fierce game of “Catch-up” in hopes of finishing their 50,000 words. I salute them all. Each and every one of them.…
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