Technology trauma Yesterday was rough. Very rough. It took more than five hours to write simply, about simplicity. What’s not to love about that? And I struggled through those hours, trying to avoid a total emotional meltdown due to a serious software snafu beyond my control. I persisted; stubbornness can be an asset. I wrote […]
Weeds and blooms
What you notice first are weeds. Dandelions about to seed. A tangle of bushes at the base of an old post that holds the white mailbox. Aging exteriors Everything is dusted in pollen and overrun, yet it is not altogether unwelcoming. You deem it a place where an elderly widow must reside, living on a […]
Passing along the Sugar Doll
Pass the sugar, doll! Drum roll please. As the recent recipient of the Tish-Tish-Tish you shouldn’t have Sugar Doll Award, I now have the honor of passing it along (better than a chain letter, no?) and… I’d like to pass the lovely bubble-gum pink designation to three very different writers: Teresa / Goldfish (On three […]
What do we build?
My 17-year old was bent over the patio table outside, with two friends, well after midnight. Nothing unusual in that – they joke around, they eat and drink. Mostly, they chat and listen to music, sometimes gathered around a laptop. Surprise, surprise Last night I was curious. I wanted to know what they were doing, […]