Cobalt
I am a woman living with three cats but that doesn't make me a crazy cat lady. It's all the other stuff I do that mark me as crazy. The cats are purely incidental.
A Fragile Equilibrium
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Did I mention that the retreat was an overnight thing? Seriously, overnight adult retreat house trapped indoor camping with people most of whom I actively do not love, many of whom give me unwa...
Putting it together in Well now
I’m not saying the pressure was on, but everyone in the group was looking at me, without a clue how I was going to pull this one together. It was one of those lovely soul-searching team building ...
My mind's not right in Well now
Polluted. Simply polluted. I am not in control of my mind’s autocorrect. I watch, well actually listen, to too much television. I need the background noise. I always have. A child of the sixties ...
It's not always a choice in Well now
Donnal had just mentioned she was having guests over and had spent part of the morning cleaning. I had replied, equal parts honest admiration and resigned envy, that she was a better woman than...
About witch hunts in Deplorable thoughts
He may be right. The whole thing may be a witch hunt. Of course, that doesn’t meant that he hasn’t been very busy turning the White House into the American branch of Hogwart’s. Seriously, Dons,...
The off switch in Deplorable thoughts
Had another Nathe blow-up last night. It didn’t surprise me. The fuse was lit the moment I allowed him to start talking politics. What surprised me was what caused the actual explosion. Given ...
Finding lucidity in Lay me down
Ordinary. Just an ordinary non-specific day. It isn’t cloudy but I see no sun. The sky is wholly uninspiring, neither really blue nor grey. The pavement beneath my feet is broken in places and I...
Rainy days in Well now
Okay, it’s supposedly a bit more than rain. It’s Tropical Depression Cindy and, while New Orleans is not in the direct path of the storm, it is in the dump path. The storm is (most probably) goi...
A bit of advice that will go untaken in Deplorable thoughts
Donald, dear, if you want people to stop saying that you’re a duck, stop quacking and waddling.
A fitting retort in Deplorable thoughts
After the recent terrorist attack in the British capital, the unpresidential American president, in the most inappropriate and blatantly politically self-serving manner, tweeted “Do you notice w...
The tiny screw that holds the left arm of my sunglasses managed to extricate itself and escape. They’re cheap sunglasses that I bought from the drug store, but they’re adequate to my needs. I’...
The new etiquette in Deplorable thoughts
I have to remember to keep my mouth shut. I have to remember that my thoughts, however rational and obvious and in need of release through discussion they may be, my views are not welcome here. ...
Inappropriate on levels heretofore unplumbed in Deplorable thoughts
Just when you think that the man could not possibly do anything more inappropriate than he has done already, he proves you have under-estimated him again. Let us put aside the politics, - Ther...
Sending out an s.o.s in Well now
Yesterday everyone at work got a bulk email from our colleague Willie. “Greetings, Hope this email finds you well. I made a trip to Manila. Philippines Unfortunately, the chip on my card was conf...
Meanwhile... in Obsessive
… back in my favourite and most constant obsession. Let us begin with the facts. Fact 1 - I will win the lottery. This is an indisputable fact. For your own safety, don’t try to dissuade me. Don’...
Oh poor he in Deplorable thoughts
Wrong on so many levels. “No politician in history has been treated worse…“ A speaker is invited to a commencement. He’s supposed to give an inspiring speech to the graduates. It’s their big day....
Dogged doggerel in Well now
Waging odious battle against the never-dying green, I look up from the fence I am deforesting from the all-devouring viney weeds that simply will not die, no matter how much ethically wrong “w...
You learn from other's experience in Obsessive
Sudden wealth is not always a good thing. You hear the stories - the lottery winner who ends up worse off than before he won anything, the multi-million dollar athlete who files for bankruptcy...
Sounds of Saturday morning in Well now
It is a surprisingly unquiet morning here in the House of Eternal Entropy. I sit at the keyboard typing away as the tablet plays this morning’s stream of gathered news and blog clips. - Why do I ...
Nobody dies in Deplorable thoughts
Republican Rep. Raul Labrador sparked outrage from his audience and online after saying “nobody dies” for lack of health care access in a town hall Friday night at Lewis-Clark State College in Le...
Greetings from the darkside in Well now
Monday morning - 7 (freaking) a.m. I greet people in the morning - a mumbled greeting, the odd polite inquiry - because it’s what you do when you see colleagues in the hallways. I do it becaus...
Sparks that die ignoble deaths in Well now
I live an ADHD life, completely undiagnosed but undeniably evident. I never seem to finish anything. I am torn between two modes of thought: - Absolute dismay at my inability of complete anything...
It's all in your head in Boystories
“Miss Mack, I’ve got a terrible headache,” said the boy in my office doorway. Hmm. Maybe, maybe not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always in the back of my head… T...
The inevitable in Deplorable thoughts
I am addicted to the news lately. It’s become a rather unhealthy obsession, but I cannot stop. This is the train wreck from which I cannot escape. I am as drawn to all this as I am appalled by it...
Conversation with my cat in Well now
She looks up at me, her amber eyes full of offense. “Why do you keep throwing things on top of me while I’m trying to sleep?” “Lucy, love, with all the soft and comfy spots around the house to ...
