Human After All; or, How to Get the Writing Ball Rolling Again

Well, let me just say that some things happened over the last couple of months. My son’s remote learning went well until the third time he spilt milk on my Chromebook. My back-up computer was dying; some unseen hardware malfunction was causing the Windows auto-repair to loop and fail and all attempts to reinstall WindowsContinue reading “Human After All; or, How to Get the Writing Ball Rolling Again”

U; or, My Struggle With Being Goal-Oriented

I absolutely love puzzles. Hard stop. They have been one of my favorite activities for years and I don’t “Squirrel!” harder than when a puzzle is partially finished and sitting on a table, alone and begging to be made whole. I get a little buzz every time I match each piece to another or theContinue reading “U; or, My Struggle With Being Goal-Oriented”

Just; or, You Do It To Yourself

I turn 35 years old in 15 days. I’ve worked incredibly hard since I was at least 16 years old, never going more than a month or so without a job (or full-time school, or both); in all this time, I rarely took more than a long weekend for a “break”. Vacations were something thatContinue reading “Just; or, You Do It To Yourself”