A little cliché, I know. I always felt for the Chicks, even if country isn't my preferred genre, I did very much appreciate the struggle they had with losing their audience with lyrics like "shut up and sing" resonating deeply as a blue dot in a
So very much... There's so much electricity streaming through my heart, my lungs, my stomach , my brain... Peak anxiety right now. This is so very bad. I feel a real need to consider leaving this place. A hermit's life maybe. I'm really getting why
Note to friend: if you're in a good place right now, maybe save this one for another time. - N It takes a LOT of energy to keep a positive attitude on the outside when you feel like a sine wave on the inside. Moms hear this and
My experience voting for our first woman president starts in 2016 and swiftly jumps to 2024. Hillary wasn't my first choice, I'll never apologize for that. I respect her much more now, but I never forgave her for the 2007 primaries where she spent a lot
WARNING: This post contains patient voice discussion of cancer and details on medical treatments. The patient is not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Make sure you check with your doctor on your own treatment. This year has been challenging on many levels. It started with change
Perhaps a little more understanding of formative experiences will help you with the puzzled look on your face. You know, figuring out why some of this babble strikes so close to home. Why you, no matter where you are, have decided to continue reading the musings of a proto typical
On a more personal note, we are again at Day 0 of "Days Without A School Shooting" in the US. I have many, many thoughts on the latest murders in Tennessee . First, my youngest is the same grade as the Sandy Hook victims. This means that her entire
No way am I going another month before posting my thoughts on this past week. Hoooooly hell is this an amazing time to be alive. Let me take you back a few years (pre-COVID times). It was June 2019, the biggest issue at that time was keeping the kids busy
Most of us have first loves, and maybe even multiple lives we've lived. If only in our heads. I started life thinking I was an entertainer, but luckily I realized early on I'm mostly just entertaining myself. This is a great trait to have, being able
I just found out that Fiona Apple's sophomore album had a title that was so long, it was a poem. The execs decided to shorten it to this "When the pawn..." A vision you have of your art, your career, your life gets swept under the
It's pretty much all we'r e thinking about nowadays. "There has to be a way out..." or "How can I retire like now?" Not many of us will be able to retire before we're septuagenarians, but if you're
It's been 8 years and 14 days, since Prince passed away. It stung, I mean as far as som e one you admired and who was there on your TV, in your house when you were a child but you grew up and realized you would never meet