To be Thankful For
So, I thought ahead and took this week off from work – which was actually only 3 days of annual, because we get Thanksgiving and the day after anyway, but […]
Diary of Madness Day 4
Still no phone call. Mostly we’ve written them off, but we want to believe there’s still hope. I’m on vacation now through Thanksgiving, so we’re determined to enjoy ourselves, even […]
Diary of Madness day 2.5
One of the things I resent the most is being back on that emotional roller coaster you’re forced to ride while waiting for “the phone call.” My sister applied for […]
Diary of Madness, Day 2
I’m furious. I got home last night to find my sister was having to fill out a form from the Unemployment office to explain why her rendition of events differs […]
Diary of Madness
If you’ve been around here a while, or know me in any way, you’ll recall that I live with my sister. We’ve been roomies for a long while now, and […]
Hello darkness, my old friend
Every weekday morning, I’m up at 5:30, and leaving the house for work around 6:10 or so. Now that we’ve fallen back for daylight savings – or the end of […]
Early Holiday Cheer
It’s that time of year again – the first of the Holiday Art Fairs. For the next two days, I’ll be sitting in a room full of artists, people-watching (one […]
It’s really the shit
Last month, my sister and I went together and — without selling either of our cars — bought a used SUV. It was really affordable, seeing as how we were […]
Tea, tea tea tea tea
So last weekend, I attended my first Northwest Tea Festival, a yearly tea convention/festival that has now become my favorite annual event. My only regret is that this was the […]
My Peeps and Peepettes
Don’t miss out on the September sale! Visit Smashwords.com and pick up my eBook In The Time of Dying for free! That’s right, FREE, but only until Midnight September 30th. […]
Damned inconvenient
So my week/weekend was spent productively – had every window in my house replaced, had the space between my garage and fence cleared, leveled and graveled over to create a […]
What did the instructions say?
Do you read ‘em? Those instructions, or owner’s manuals that come with things you’ve bought or been given? Do you open up a box on Christmas and then, when all […]
I love Fall!
How much do I love Fall? I love Fall SO much, I’m going to celebrate by giving you one month to download my eBook In The Time Of Dying, for […]
Tea part Two
My new teas arrived from Numi on Monday, waiting patiently for me on my front porch when I got home. I had to bribe my sister to step outside and […]
Tea Time
Oh Glorious grey skies, chilly air and dew-swept hair! Well I’ll stop there. I haven’t written poetry in ages, but the tides of summer have swept aside today, ushering in […]
The Velvet Zebra 