My team of girls and I used to go on graveyard crawls every year, exploring cemeteries around our area. This was one of our most fun and YES, I do still have the bounty in my primary circle.
A Fun Story From The Past
Allusions to Grandeur
Fake it ’til you can make it, right? There was a time when I wore a tiara most places I went, including delivering the mail here in Grizzly Flats. It was an odd time in my life, granted. Now, no one would think twice about me wearing a crown around town because they know how I am. Then, though…I was not very well known anywhere, least of all in my own town or even my own home. Hell, I didn’t even know myself very well. I had just come out of a time of seclusion that lasted many years and had no idea how to interact socially or how to be a friend because it had been a very, very long time since I had done any of those things. I had also been a very different person the last time I was anyone’s friend or had been a social person. Since that time, I had endured two painful divorces, both to the same person, had a mental breakdown, given birth to three more children, married someone else and brought a whole roomful of baggage to his doorstep, gained around a hundred pounds, and moved all over the Western United States. Like I said, it had been a really, really long time since I walked into my house and pulled the door closed behind me. Continue reading “Allusions to Grandeur”
Just Keep Swimming
I have had this blog conversation before, but Eric (my delightful and accomplished agent) has gently nudged me to be more attentive to the blog, so here we go into a new year with a new entry and a site makeover. I recently made the decision to no longer do professional web design and remaking this site validated that thought for me. I can feel that web design is a part of my life that has slipped away and anytime I do it now feels like A) I am moving backward and B) it’s time I could spend writing.
Why Isn’t There An Escalator to Heaven?
I have two soaps left from the 80 or so I made for holiday gifts and I just noticed that for some reason, they remind me of breasts. They are in the common shape of jello molds, but to me, they look like boobs. Here. Let me show you. Continue reading “Why Isn’t There An Escalator to Heaven?”