To Quit or Not Quit Twitter
If you're anything like me, you're weary of your like-hate rollercoaster relationship with Twitter. The number one reason—though there...
- Oct 19, 2021
Shameless Persistence
In the spirit of the original theme of this blog, here's a tale of a totally impractical journey of ten (-ish) years that I'm still on,...
- Jun 2, 2021
Meant to be vs. giving up.
When you're banging your head against a door that you're hoping to go through and it stubbornly doesn't open after X-amount of time, do...
- May 26, 2021
Second Amendment: human construct whose time has passed, or gateway to eternal life?
I'm about to get on a political soapbox, which I know is dangerous. But I can't not, because it's terrifyingly important. After yet...
- Feb 3, 2021
Perfectionism is a killer. Here's how you beat it.
Killer of dreams, hopes, momentum, objectivity, productivity, you name it. Perfectionism doesn't get the onscreen warnings it deserves....
- Dec 9, 2020
Content.
Recently I read a devotional on the subject of contentment that said, "Though there are plans for the future, contentment never...
- Oct 13, 2020
Moving Abroad During a Pandemic 101
Actually, I'm not sure I'm the expert, but I'm surviving it, so ... maybe? At the top of the "Impractical Things What I Have Done" list,...
- Jul 15, 2020
10 Years Since
I went to university in an absolutely magical, beautiful place. Ten years ago, I graduated from Falmouth University in Cornwall, England...
- Apr 15, 2020
It's Not Fair—Thankfully.
Here in the UK, it's mid-week-4 of the lockdown. We're trapped in a house with a typical teeny-tiny British garden — with no real grass...
- Feb 4, 2020
(Not) Too Old To Begin the Training
In relation to one of us trying something new, my husband often quotes Yoda's line in The Empire Strikes Back when he tries to dismiss...
- Jan 7, 2020
Mom
On November 13th 2019, I lost my Mom. She was the most beautiful, gentle, generous, creative, and important person in my life. She’d been...
- Oct 9, 2019
Newborn
I have a lot more to say about pregnancy, and the overwhelming anxiety of pending parenthood, especially at our advanced age. Things I...
- Aug 7, 2019
Pregnancy at 40
I'm sitting on the sofa, as I have been doing for the past 45 minutes, and I'm feeling out of breath and can't get comfortable in any...
- Jul 19, 2019
First Post
Original, huh? Hello and welcome – if you haven't had a look at my About page, this first post is pretty much the same thing. Just so my...