There’s a group of four guys, about my age (50s), about my background (east coast, prep-school, real and quasi-smart ass/intellectuals), who spent their high school years in about the same way I did (when not seeing Grateful Dead shows, then in someone’s parents’ basement playing in or listening to a jam band). Those four guys […]
Making Connections in a New Town
My assumptions about making new friends and how that’s actually working out.
Come for a Visit in Madison!
Get a snapshot of the near-east of Madison, Wisconsin, presented by someone who doesn’t know what she’s talking about (me, who’s lived here for four months).
Catching up with Odds and Ends: Fashion and Fish
I’ve got several draft posts in my folder that I’ve been working on, but they feel more like road blocks to writing than the healthy writing exercises I want them to be. I want to write more interesting posts with more mindful topics: mindful to you in that they’re not so run of the mill, […]
What It Feels Like Here in Limbo
I used to know that I would be happy if I could just relax. For even a few minutes. I would sit on the sofa and read my book, lazily. I would watch TV beside Tracy, calmly, quietly. If I could only be still. What kept me from this was terrible restlessness. A friend recently […]
Conflicts of Psychic Interests
It’s been more than a month since I took a break here, so it’s time to check in. But, I’m still of several minds re: what to write. The Conflict Do I provide cheery stories from when I had Finn—and several friends—visit for almost three weeks: loved ones surrounding me back to back, stellar summer […]
Time for a Pause
I’ve been trying to come up with content here, lately. I’ve even panicked, thinking that, for the first time in six years, I’ve failed to write a post for an entire week, and my weekly email wouldn’t go out. I do not want to be the kind of blogger who looks around thinking, “This might […]
On Curating a Vibe
I was in Napa, California, with my sister’s closest friends (whom I’d never met), sorting through her possessions right after she’d suddenly died of an overdose. I remember feeling extremely cautious about what they might think of me, one friend in particular who had called me once from Hawaii to say that Kim was going […]
What If I Insisted on a Dressing Table?
That’s what I said to Tracy this morning, as we were getting out of bed and talking about disentangling our insurance woes. My mom had a dressing table—that’s what we called it, but really it was a nook off the bedroom of the house where I grew up, between my parents’ walk-in closet and the […]
That Sunshine Blogger Award Told Me My Writing Is Poop
Illustrated with Part #Who-Knows-How-Many of the How Funky Is Your Chicken images. A Major Award! I saw my name tagged in the blogosphere a few weeks ago by a blogger I really enjoy reading whose site is called @MyGenXerLife. I like his stuff because it’s different: he starts by reminiscing about something personal, yes, but […]
