Watching my 18 yo who is working on his car. Flee his 16 YO brother and his million car questions lmao. I am so amused.  Why are you replacing that. What are you replacing. Oh CV joint. What...

Another Mother's Day has come and gone.  Mom has missed the last seven of these and obviously, she's going to miss a bunch more of these.  She died in 2018.  Even when she was alive, she ...

Medical Scare It’s been a busy week, because the rabbit was in hospital. He stopped eating his normal food last Friday, so we started giving him emergency stasis medication. He was better over ...

On Friday afternoon I found out I didn’t get the job, and while I’m disappointed, I’m determined to learn. I’m considering requesting feedback, not from a place of frustration but as a genuine c...

If you have had the privilege of becoming a mother you are one of the more precious creatures on this planet. I sincerely mean that. There’s probably not a tougher job in the universe that compa...

Last Thursday. Then Saturday. And again today. Some people leave once. With C, it took more than a few goodbyes. Saturday night was my gift to her, a goodbye tattoo. A mark that is hers to k...

Based on my experience studying materials in the USA, it's clear that modern businesses are increasingly being evaluated not only by their financial results but also by their impact on society. ...

Angela Her name was Angela, so named for her grandmother whom she never met. I remember her long black hair, how soft it was and how it shone like silver in the sunlight. Her name was Angela ...

You know, living with a Chronic Illness is no easy.  Taking advantage of being the month for Crohn's and Ulcerative Rectocolitis Awareness, I'd like to comment my own experience on it.  I'm be...

Again with the not writing.  I don’t have a good reason.  There has been some changes.  I will write about some of them.  First after thoughtful consideration I decided to consult an attorney ab...

My brain is toast. I’m on my 20th 9+ hour day of work in a row, and I feel like I might be halfway or so to completion. Still a week or two away from being able to take a breath and get a day o...

He still tries to contact me, texting to say I am on his mind everyday, and how he misses me, and that the car I paid for most of was delivered on this date 25 years ago. (On his other girlfrien...

Do you remember crying yourself to sleep?Or hiding in the bathroom stall at work wishing it'd all go away?Have you chosen that dark tunnel again or are you somewhere else?I know it stopped for...

A delightful private mural Mrs. Sherlock and I came across on a recent walk. One of the guys in my group is putting together a book of Portland murals. It started out as an idea after he found...

The weirdest thing about how around the bend on materialism we are is that, like, if you want your children to end up good people, the easiest way to make sure that never happens is to be ri...