I’ve been thinking about a robin. I might have fallen in love with this robin or maybe it’s my spirit animal (I’m not clear on the concept, really) or maybe I just subconsciously wish to be a robin? I always did wish to fly. When I was five I started a “Flying Club”. The Flying … Continue reading Rockin’ Robin →

I was thinking about how back in January there was a medical emergency on my plane and I said I never wanted to fly again. I did fly again, one more time, before quarantine. (B.Q.) and then POOF my wish was granted. I’m on my way to changing my mind, of course, but I’m not … Continue reading Livin La Vida Rona →

I’ve always liked an adventure. Going to a new place, trying a new thing. I’m a chicken, though, so my adventures are more like “hiking a new park” than “jumping out of airplanes”. I’m sure I owe my longing for adventure to my grandparents, who made every Sunday of my childhood a new adventure. That’s … Continue reading The Adventures of Nic and J →

I’ve been struggling to write about the current times. I’ve been struggling to write fiction. There’s a niggling part of my brain that keeps saying WHAT IS THE POINT? So I decided instead to write about a memory. Not because it holds an important lesson, not because I learned something from it, not because it … Continue reading Something Else →

You thought I was done, huh? That I got all my whining and fears and neurosis out in that last blog but hoooo boy, you were wrong. Just kidding, it’s a short story, I promise. I work for a healthcare company, something you probably wouldn’t have gleaned since I primarily work on integrations now, but … Continue reading Grasping at Straws →

It’s a bad time to be a human, no? I used to tell everyone that when I came back for my next life I was going to be a lion. Still a fearless female, raising the kids and doing all the hunting, but a lion nonetheless. Beautiful and majestic and fierce, with a good dose … Continue reading Lessons Learned →

Was thinking about a tweet I read stating you should wash your hands like you just chopped jalapeños and it reminded me of the time, the first year we were dating, that I made J some homemade salsa. I was leaving for my annual Michigan vacation with my sisters and our kids, and wanted to … Continue reading Fire and Ice →

I hate spiders so much, and it’s not even because one of them ate my garage caterpillar for dinner. That was just the icing on the cake, another on my long list of reasons why spiders are hideous and evil. My hatred of spiders goes way back. I know exactly when it happened. I was … Continue reading I Hate Spiders →

I fear I may have committed a crime against humanity. I did it with the best of intentions. I had a bajillion errands to run today. So many that I set my alarm to get moving early enough to get them all done before the hockey game tonight. (During which, as we speak, the MN … Continue reading Crimes Against Humanity →

Greetings and Salutations! (Little line I stole from Charlotte's Web, thinking about using it for my out of office response, provided I am ever out of office). How are we all doing this week? I mean, aside from the stock market declining, the coronavirus looming, the impeachment hearings, the steady stream of earth quakes and … Continue reading Greetings and Salutations →