A million miles an hour

First, I have to say that I really like my therapist.  I had a bit of a bad day yesterday with a depersonalization episode and a whole lot of feeling like I don’t know who I am but talking to her really brought things back into perspective.  It’s not even the feedback, it’s just feeling [...]

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Changing Things Up

I figured the old blawg was due for a new look so here it is.  I even updated my ‘About’ page to include Chico!  And in honor of the 29 Day Giving Challenge, I added a section where I list the organizations I support down there under my blogroll. Those are the places to which [...]

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Just back from the Middle Ages, we were shocked to find the Mets falling apart.

This is not about baseball.  It is about the Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park, which was really cool.  We met up with my cousin and her husband and son and braved the crowds and rain for some righteous turkey legs and a good joust.  God, I love turkey legs.  I was a good non-consumer [...]

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Dude, Where’s My Week?

So it was Tuesday, right?  I sent flowers to my Mama for her birthday and went to therapy and picked up the CSA share.  And now it’s Saturday.  What happened?
Stocking up–C and I have been dried food-buying fools.  We have amassed a mighty collection of beans and grains and pastas.  The kitchen is a disaster [...]

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Is it a good thing or a bad thing…

if, when you’re leaving an appointment with your therapist, she tells you you may have a future in stand-up?
Just wondering.

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Cleaning mah carpet

I am totally addicted to steam-cleaning the carpet in the living room.  I made the highly questionable decision to use off-white when we bought this apartment and in the past 4 years it has gotten progressively more and more yick.  I got a carpet cleaner a few years ago for Christmas but it has rotted [...]

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The things I have not done

The thing is, I sort of have a one-track mind.  Which means that this whole trying to keep abreast of current events and affairs while running a household and caring for two children has had me at loose ends for the past couple of days.  And I realized this morning (or maybe it was last [...]

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Getting Active

I have always been interested in politics, ever since I did a project on Doug Wilder being elected the first African-American governor of Virginia.  My grandmother worked the polls every election day as long as I can remember, and was a staunch member of the local Republican Women’s Club.  In high school I made a [...]

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I gave.

Will you?

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Those aren’t prunes

One of the favorite stories in my family is that when my mother was a baby, my grandmother was feeding her stewed prunes.  She looked down at my mother’s leg and saw a glop of brown.  Not one to waste food, she wiped it with her finger and ‘mmmmm, prunes’ put it in her mouth.  [...]

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