In July, I bought this book off of Amazon: I originally bought it for Anna to take to college as a farewell gift. She'd been talking about manifestation all summer, and I thought it would be a nice little treat for her apartment during such a difficult time. But once I paged through… Continue reading Thirty-One Universal Things
Yesterday afternoon, our bird, Joy, flew out the patio door. It was all a fluke. My husband was cleaning the patio, while I had her out of her cage, watching a video and talking to her. I went into the kitchen to get something, and she followed me. However, when she flew to follow me,… Continue reading The Year that Joy Went Out the Window
I used to refer to each month of tater tots posts as "part 1, part 2, and so on," but I have decided from now on that I would like them to be called episodes. That way I can say, "on this episode of Screw it, I'm eating tater tots..." It's like my the thoughts… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots-Episode 16
*Note-this isn't entirely depressing. I feel like I need a trigger warning any more. This post gets funnier, I promise. How are you doing? No, for real. HOW. ARE. YOU. DOING? I feel like a lot of us are struggling to keep our heads above water. I myself am struggling most days of the week.… Continue reading I’m a Groundhog Day Instagramless Hippie
When the quarantine started in March, I began walking in one of the many forest preserves near our house. We are fortunate to have many nature preserves set aside by our county to care for nature in a very unnatural suburban area. Over the past 25 years, I'd drive by these places all the time… Continue reading Walking Away From It All
Because it's 2020, and it shouldn't come as a surprise, I am publishing July's tater tot post on June 15th. Maybe because I hate this moment in time we are in, maybe because I have felt like shit for over a month, maybe because the post I had planned for today read like a third-grader… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Part 15
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