Prison-caught, lashing out, anger-hot, the shape of it is wrong. Too much width between the walls The ceiling low Call the contractor – not as expected! No sympathy to screaming. “No better than you deserve,” No one ever said exactly … Continue reading
Yesterday I was Panera for my morning writing session. I walked in and there was one woman at the counter. As I stood behind her, it quickly became apparent that the card she’d handed over to pay wasn’t working, nor … Continue reading
I don’t get terribly easily offended. I’m shockingly okay with people disagreeing with me on the internet. I like to talk about things when people disagree with me and vice versa. Sometimes I learn things. Sometimes they learn things. Sometimes … Continue reading
Yesterday was American Thanksgiving. I spent it in the company of a few of my many loved ones. I ate a lot of really tasty food, including sweet potato with marshmallow which my sons are calling Marshmallow Lasagna. I indulged … Continue reading
Note: This post dates from 11/22, was lost (or so I thought) in a frustrating glitch, and has just been recovered from Drafts. Enjoy!) The frost has come well and truly to Blisstopia. The yard, still trying for greenery, is … Continue reading
My younger son, who is four and a half, piped up on the way home from dropping off his brother at school: “When people die, mom, they leave their house behind! And they leave their blood behind, and the pipes … Continue reading
I like coffee. I like it a lot. I remember the first time I had coffee. I was only 7 or 8, and my dad gave me some money from the till and sent me to the little convenience store … Continue reading
Last night I had that dream again. I have had it nearly every night for so many nights now, and I do not know why it keeps happening. In this dream, I am walking through the garden, and I come … Continue reading
They moved into the house on a Saturday, and despite the worries from the weather reports that it was going to be raining all the while, the Muddletons got all their things moved in with nary a drop upon the … Continue reading
It was a full moon that night, of course. Yeah, yeah, I know it’s kind of foolishness to go walking through the woods at night, but I could SEE, you know? And I’d played in that section of the woods … Continue reading