The past few weeks have been a blur of work, volunteering, holiday shopping, holiday card sending, holiday lunches and parties, post office trips. And now it's almost a week till Christmas. Without fail, at least once during the holiday season, I buy someone a gift and buy myself the same thing. This year, the "one... Continue Reading →
Ready or Not, Here They Come
I haven't switched my calendar from November to December yet. I'm not ready for the holidays, but they're sure as hell not waiting for me. Holiday cards are appearing in my mailbox and I'm attending three holiday parties this week. Everywhere I go, I run into Christmas trees and reindeer shouting, "Ready or not, here... Continue Reading →
Six Months
I have six months left of being a 30-something. OMFG!! I have six months to figure out how to enter a new decade gracefully = not kicking, screaming, sobbing, and cursing. Alcohol will help, right? I have 14 more bars to go on the alphabet list. I went to Rosebud the other night. I'd been... Continue Reading →
Lite-Brite and Write for Rights
I've checked off C and H on the Alphabet Bar List. Carrie Nation This restaurant is huge. There is a bar and a restaurant AND a speakeasy! I had to check out the speakeasy, of course. The floor was weathered wood and light was nonexistent save some beaded lamps... Continue Reading →
Hunter the Owl
Once in a while, an injured cat makes his or her way to the adoption floor at the animal shelter where I volunteer. If I lived in a bigger apartment, Olive would have a sibling who was blind or cross-eyed or three-legged by now. So it's no surprise that I've fallen in love with a... Continue Reading →
