Snippets of stream of consciousness. On marriage, parenting, divorce and what may come after. 94: First Waking all over the Planet X Two The alarm cracks my belly open like a giant jeweled watermelon fallen from the Great Wall, released blankly of angelic arms, sheepish grins. Ah, these cotton eyes open wide, spiteful and wondrous. […]
Celebration! Champagne! Party Hats! (Thank You!)
Break open the champagne! Woo Hoo! I’m in a safe territory- far far away from the land of hidden viral nasties – and therefore, so are you. Time to crack open some good champagne. (It’s morning somewhere in the world. A nice mimosa? It’s an easy recipe.) And it’s the weekend. Let’s party!! Think it’s […]
This and that (merrily, verily)
Changes When enough is enough, you make changes, right? I hit a wall of “enough is enough” about 18 hours ago, and there’s shimmying, scurrying, scuttling, shuffling, and all manner of movement afoot (behind the scenes). And I hope (soon) cause for a little celebration. Everyone needs a party now and then, right? And as […]
Can you be bought?
Everything has its price I’ve spent days, weeks really, maneuvering through objects and obstacles. In my little den. The jammed office. My bedroom, the living room, a wretched corner in the kitchen. I am looking. Taking silent inventory. Running numbers in my head. I toss aside the memories as best I can. Memories of marriage […]
Mother’s Day Gifts on Memory Lane
Memory Lane and motherhood, 60s style.
Help! Inexplicable Desire to Clean!
Something is wrong. Very wrong. I am experiencing strange symptoms. Surges of systems that are strangely unsettling. A desire to clean. To organize. Oh. Em. Gee. A desire to dust! Naturally, I’m stymied. First off, the very thought is just not… moi. Secondly, the concept of energy for such an uncharacteristic undertaking is, well, a […]
No good sex, or sex no good?
Hot sex? Good sex? Any sex at all?
The point of “I don’t care”
Apathy Have you ever experienced periods of time when you’re so tired you can’t string together a cohesive thought? When even sleep is elusive? Have you ever felt so emotionally drained that your goals fade, your efforts feel increasingly irrelevant, and an insidious voice in your head tells you not to care? I came out […]
Do you work too hard?
Yesterday, I mused on the conflicted feelings I have about my son working so hard in his high school program. Watching your child sit up most or all of the night, studying, is not the worst thing in the world. But it can be a concern, when you see it happening a good deal. My […]
Mini-Mom moves mountain! (Splendid son smiles.)
Screw Sisyphus. What’s the best way to push a boulder up a mountain? Just say no. Mountain? What mountain? More than one way to skin a cat I’m in a mixing metaphors mood, a never-say-die frame of mind. Sweetly satisfied and smiling, though the hours ahead are not without significant challenges. (As have been the […]