So many people are content to just wait. To sit in the corner until all of this (waves hands wildly at all that is 2020) blows over. But I offer this to you: What if it doesn’t? What if all of this doesn’t blow over …
I’m not against “rules” per se. I just think most “rules” for how people should behave shouldn’t need to be explained. You don’t fill a car with kids and then drive around drunk. You don’t stab your neighbor because they didn’t mow their grass. You …
As a homesteader, a lot of my audience is conservative. As a fiction author in an artist community, most of the people surrounding me are liberal. I have friends and family all over the political spectrum so from both a professional and a personal perspective, …
If you are someone dealing with big emotions (anger, fear, frustration) regarding what’s happening out there in the big wide world or what might be coming around the bend, today’s writing is for you. You can read it below as an itty bitty thought or …
In a small town, the grocery store counts as a social gathering. You run into people you know. You catch up on life with others. There is a bit of magic in a small town grocery store. But the grocery store magic isn’t happening …
OMG, you guys. OMG. Did you know that Harley Davidson endorsed Biden and Harris? Did you know that Charlie Brown specials won’t be aired on network television anymore because those shows offend people? YoU gUYs DiD YOu eVEn knOW?? (Imagine Amy sighing heavily. Shaking …
Yesterday my oldest and I played Rummy and listened to Christmas music because that’s called “making the best of it” when you get dumped on with 8ish inches of snow before Halloween. (Sigh. Big ol’ sigh.) My spaghetti sauce simmered on the stove and I …
There shouldn’t be snow on my pumpkins yet, but there is. Yesterday I took a picture of my pumpkins on the front step and saw the Buddha statue my grandma gave me. Buddha is smiling next to the pumpkins covered with snow. Which is totally …
Today we get to play a game. Normally in “Two Truths and a Lie”, someone tells you three things about themselves—two things that are true and one thing that isn’t—and you have to guess which thing isn’t true. In my version, I’m going to tell …
People sometimes ask what it’s like to be married to a law enforcement officer. “Isn’t it hard?” I generally don’t entertain those conversations long because in all honesty we all put a ring on our finger and don’t really know what we’re getting into. (He …