time: like a clock of the heart
Actually, it’s nowhere near that poetic or new romantic. To be honest, I’m ready to see the past year put in the ground. I’m just shy of a week away from my birthday and one gets into a state of reflection…
Tagged: family
health: commence le rayonnement!
If you want the short version, I tweeted it last Friday: Very good news from the doctor.
health: the big C
…followed by a little a-n-c-e & r.
“Are you ok?” is a question I’ve had to answer a lot in over the past week. Well, yes and no…
goodbye: Grandma Mattie Lee
My grandmother passed away last night. She was in her mid-90s, so it wasn’t unexpected but that doesn’t make it any easier to accept. I don’t know if others play favorites with grandparents, but she was mine. We weren’t very...
holiday: so here it is…
I’m just off the phone with mom and dad, been getting lovely online and SMS holiday greetings from friends, mixed up a pitcher of holiday cheer and have been settling in for some nice televised marathons on various networks. As...
inauguration: they came, they saw, they froze!
I’m not saying that having them come here hasn’t been stressful and more than a small pain in the ass, but I am glad that they got to come here and share in this historic event. They got out of...
chores: clean, clean, clean. repeat.
I suppose it’s a good thing that my apartment is barely recognizable. I’m seeing more floor space and more gleaming surfaces than I have in a long time. I make no excuses for it, but being busy and lazy tends...
sci-fi: are you frakkin’ ready?
I am so frakkin’ ready. iTunes is offering Catch the Frak Up! for free download as well as The Face of the Enemy web series that’s designed to fill in the hiatus. I put Catch/Up! on my iPhone this morning...
inauguration: does “Be prepared?” mean anything to you?
So it’s time for another attack on my clutter. This is the harder round since these are going to be either items that survived a prior purge, or are new and in current use, but need a better place to...
2008/2009: the sweet sound passage of time
I still feel like I need a vacation from my holidays. My jaw still aches and tongue hurts from all the comments I had to hold back while visiting the folks. I could go into just how… scripted our holidays...