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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More on the Donnal thing later - nice stuff actually. For now though… I need $500 for house insurance. I made over $400 at the craft fair last year and my stuff was nicer this year, so I thought...
Territory unmarked in Well now
Background noise - I run very close to the edge financially on a month to month basis. The problems with my house, including major foundation work that had to be paid for on credit cards, have pu...
The truth is out there in Deplorable thoughts
There is such a thing as truth. It does exist no matter how many layers of bs are put down to obfuscate it. The new party line, perfected by the ImPOTUS (Imminent President of the United States...
Paradigm shift in Deplorable thoughts
The quote was sent to me by a friend and it is stunningly apt. “It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all. He saw to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinen...
I could censor myself but.. in Deplorable thoughts
I have a big entry in draft that I cannot finish. It is my attempt to sift out why I am so - and here, even, I cannot finish that sentence - I am that torn and jumbled. There is so much for me ...
A disturbing echo of larger trends in Deplorable thoughts
I would have put this in the book “Boystories” because it is indeed a story about boys, but those are usually funny stories. This one is not. This one belongs in “Deplorable thoughts.” ////////...
Trumped in Deplorable thoughts
Thank god. We now have a president that the Neo-Nazis have embraced. That’s just what we’ve been waiting for to make America great again.
Out of touch - another stained sheaf page in Archaic
There have to be boundaries with the boys. I mean, I’d beat them if the situation required it, but I won’t touch them. No high fives. Definitely no hugs. I’m just not that kind of a girl. //////...
All the required coos and cuddles - Addendum far below in Well now
Here is how close Donnal and I are not. Donnal’s second daughter, my niece Marie, is pregnant, very pregnant, eight and a half months into her second pregnancy to be near exact. It is a lovely t...
Expert advice in Well now
A popular television cat whisperer says that cats, especially housebound cats, need mental stimulation. Due to their curious natures and inborn hunting instinct, you should challenge them on a d...
Locker room talk. Hilarius, right? in Deplorable thoughts
Okay, I haven’t talked a lot about the elephant, I mean the gorilla in the room with any sort of specifics. I don’t want to and will not begin a debate about things that are so incredibly obv...
There is no intelligent debate possible in Well now
Nathe says he’s not trying to annoy me. (This is how it always starts.) He says he values my opinion and just wants to know what I think about these absolutely ridiculous and vindictive diatribe...
There are three other brains in my house but I live alone in Well now
Such a sweet sight, Esme all curled up, sleeping on my tablet on the worktable an arm’s reach away, keeping me company as I work on inventory for upcoming crafts fairs. My needle slides in and t...
Oh come on now in Well now
I get it that this house is falling apart. I understand that the wood siding outside is barely hanging on. I know the ancient ductwork above has more holes in it than I’d ever care to count. I am...
Skull fracture in black and white in Well now
I’m watching an old movie, a romantic comedy from 1938 you’ve never heard of, starring people I’ve never heard of. The husband rushes to the hospital where his wife has been taken after a fall do...
Imaginary value in Well now
Them what is in charge of such things has sent me a notice. The value of my house has gone up 5% in the four years since I bought it. Well, that’s a good thing, right? Sure, if I were going to se...
Scritch, scritch, scritch in Well now
So I am standing in the laundry room scratching my head. I’ve come here with a purpose, to get something, I think, but I cannot for the life of me remember what. I look around for clues. There...
The cat race in Well now
I usually clean up small wounds and put adhesive bandages on them for good measure, but today’s minor mischief will need to make do with the quick rinse in the shower. See, I don’t mind that my c...
Slow of hearing, long of memory in Well now
All this talk of closed captions. How silly. I’m not hard of hearing. Why would I use closed captions anyway? In a word, Mom. In the few years after the storm, when I lost all that (oh so ultima...
Son of Oof ! in Well now
Tonight’s episode of “Vikings, the Closed Captioned Experience.” Another Episode, another bloodbath. Closed captions read: “BATTLE CRIES RISE TO A DEAFENING ROAR” Doesn’t that seem a rather cruel...
I am currently watching a television series called “Vikings.” As usual, I have the closed captions on. Battle scene captions: “YAH!” “OOF!” “UNGGH!” “AARRRGGHH!” I don’t know why find that so abs...
The giggling gods have corporeal handmaidens in Well now
Vacation almost over. Sigh. Got very little done on the task list I optimistically set for myself. The Good - My sisters, knowing that I am severely limited on funds lately and would be doing not...
Okay, am I the only one who's getting freaked? in Well now
I know that the internets are spying on me. I know that they’re gathering cartloads of digital data on me in order to paper my electronic life with adverts for any and every thing they think I mi...
Politicats in Well now
What with all the election and the conventions coverage, everyone is talking politics these days. I don’t really enjoy such discussions because they aren’t actually discussions. People either a...
Day without number in Well now
I haven’t been to the gym yet. Seriously, that’s wrong on several levels. I’m spending money I barely have on a service I don’t use. I need to exercise - ask the nasty little guilt monster strap...
