rambling Thanksgiving... Happy Thanksgiving! As most of you know Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. It's a lot less pressure than a lot of others. Just eating and watching TV. The parade, the dog show, football, and often Christmas Vacation in the evening to transition holidays. The food is almost
rambling What Have You Done? It's Beat Ohio week. The Game is on Saturday and all week long at every single Michigan game, no matter the sport, at some point the chant "Beat Ohio" will break out. As soon as last week's football game was well in hand it
rambling Love Languages... We went to the bakery and the butcher this morning to pick up our holiday feast stuff. I learned a few years ago that though picking everything up on Wednesday SEEMS like a good idea, it most definitely is not. The first year I ordered from the bakery (New Cascadia,
rambling Introspective... That's the kind of day it is. Introspective. Sounds better than bummer. And honestly it's less of a bummer than it has been. It's still a day that if I'm not careful I could cry. In fact I read a lovely little
rambling Shameless... I blame the church. I mean, you all could have guessed that right? You don't even know what I'm going to write about but you could have guessed that I blame the church. If I were going to have a headstone it could be the inscription.
rambling Old Habits... It's November and I miss NaNoWriMo. I miss the idea of NaNoWriMo. I miss what NaNoWriMo used to be. I miss the kick in the ass that NaNoWriMo used to give me. There. That's the one. As some of you (probably most of you) know I
rambling Belonging... I've been thinking about a couple of different things that I think are related. It started with all of the "news" stories about 6-7. It's something kids say. And apparently it was messing with people's heads. What does it mean? Why are
rambling What Will It Take? I'm angry. I mean, that's not a real surprise right now, I'm angry most of the time. But right now I'm really angry. Like deeply angry. We had the dem cave earlier this week and that sucked and pissed me off, but
rambling Of Course... I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and one of the things they do in your precheck-in thing now is a mental health survey. I'm always a little puzzled as to how to answer the questions. Like, who isn't stressed lately? Who hasn't
rambling Have a Cat... Brent and I worked in the yard this morning. Technically Brent is still working in the yard but my part is done so I decided to sit down and write. My challenge right now is that my lap is in a sunbeam and somebody did not get his morning cuddles.
rambling Results! I should have written Wednesday morning about the election results but I was too busy Hope Scrolling. The Dems won big in every election across the nation. Now, it was an off year election and it won't really change much that's going on but... It was
rambling Election Day! Okay, so there is nothing really important on the ballot here locally. Library funding basically, which is important, but not like who will lead us important. In other parts of the country there are more significant items. There are a few Governor's races and one very interesting Mayoral
rambling It Will Wait... I started out this morning writing a fiction piece for the blog. I've been working and reworking the story in my head for the last few days and finally sat down to write it out. Then Katie called and we had a really nice visit. Then I got
rambling When Is It Too Late? I've talked a little about this before, when is it too late to run? When will we look back and say, "we should have gone when..." It's always the question when you are studying WWII in school right? Why did people stay? Why didn&
rambling Wait, October's Over? It's a weird thing that October seemed to go by so quickly when time has become a molasses swamp of endless WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING NOW?? But it did. So let's see how it went. Umm...it went. Workouts: I was really great about
rambling Day by Day... When my parents first got married they lived in an Italian neighborhood. Italians weren't quite all the way to white yet at that time so their neighborhoods were still the most affordable. My parents were early gentrifiers. Or not. I mean, they didn't move there to
fiction Someone Like You fiction "Mind if I ask you a question, Wyatt?" He thought, could I stop you? "Go ahead." "Haven't you ever wanted more?" "More what?" "More in life than what you have. To be more." "Why would I
rambling Family Ties... I have a complicated relationship with my siblings. That's the sort of thing people say outloud. It's complicated. Basically we don't really like each other. We have nothing in common. If we met as strangers we wouldn't click. Which is so weird
rambling Beautiful Babies... My brother was an ugly baby. That's part of our family lore. My oldest brother was an ugly baby. And not just that but it scandalized my Aunt Dorothy that my mother would say he was ugly. My mom would tell the story and she would say, "
rambling No Kings... This morning in the grocery store we overheard the checker passing along the phone number for an organization that you can call if ICE shows up where you are. They will come and do what they can to help. As she was explaining to another checker what all they do
rambling It Happens... I've talked about how I have systems and processes to run my life. Checklists, pretty colored stars, schedules, routines. It's the way I make sure I don't get lost in the weeds and get nothing done. It's also how I regulate my
rambling Take My Advice... ...or don't. I mean, it's totally up to you. Advice is one of those odd things. Most of us don't really want it, but we still ask for it. We doubt ourselves. We question our decisions. So we ask people for their advice. And
rambling How Does Your Garden Grow? My hands hurt today. Achy breaky joints... I knew they would. We did a lot of yard work yesterday. Planted our spring bulbs, did some cleanup, spread some good dirt. The challenge is that the land under our house is clay. When I dig far enough to plant a bulb
rambling Everybody Do the Propaganda... I almost feel like I should tag this one as fiction. It's really crazy making to watch the president lie about what is happening in your city and not see immediate pushback from the media he is talking to. Supposedly Portland is war ravaged. We are burning. We
rambling Entertainment? On Monday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart interviewed Tristan Harris about AI. It was really disturbing. I mean, I recommend the watch, it's very informative but it's also really depressing. Brent and I both agreed that we wouldn't be following Mr. Harris&
