My Life as a Pincushion
Sometimes I feel like a human pincushion in a world of needles, violated from every direction–and as if that is, moreover, my sole purpose in life. Now, I know that choosing to look at things differently would result in a less painful sense of existence, as in: “X really sucks, but Y and Z [...]
Winding Down With the Year
When you write a lot, the flow lets you write even more. This goes on happily until something comes along to stop it in its tracks, whether it is writer’s block, a life event, or little things like a leaking roof or a sick cat. Trying to get back into the flow can take a [...]
Being Right vs Making Things Right
Being Right is a life or death deal for a lot of us. Plenty of self-help and relationship advisors have pointed out that arguments start and escalate because it is so hard to let go of the need to be right, to have our opinion of what is right prevail. Some people are more prone to [...]
Looking Around (and Under) the ‘Hood
Our little 1920 house sits on a corner lot very close to the charming old downtown of a small Indiana city. There was an abandoned bungalow right around the corner when we moved here five years ago, but that was soon torn down. The city bought the lot, and the lot of another house next [...]
A Teatime List of Annoying Questions
My inner curmudgeon has been having a field day of late; I’m sure there’s something in the water around here, which I make palatable by brewing a cup of tea (Earl Grey at the moment). Or maybe it’s just me. But c’mon, let’s be honest, you’ve experienced these situations: “How are you?” is asked 99% of [...]
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