As a teenager, I had a dog named Misty. She was a beautiful Weimaraner. I think my oldest brother brought her home as a puppy to be trained as a bird-hunting dog. He built a “pen” for her in the backyard with a wooden doghouse and a concrete pad, maybe an eight to ten-foot area […]
While driving, the song “Casey Jones” by The Grateful Dead played on the car radio, giving me an idea for a blog post. I enjoyed listening to it. Though I never considered myself a “Deadhead,” I like their music. When I checked to see if Deadhead is one or two words, I couldn’t believe it […]
If you’ve been reading my posts, you’d know I have been doing a lot of work on myself and getting closer and closer to complete happiness. I don’t believe that’s a tall order. I think we have the ability and power to change our lives, no matter what had happened in the past. And guess […]
I saw a Frasier episode where he mistakenly got an invitation for an exclusive spa in Seattle addressed to his condo nemesis. He’s intrigued and gets his brother, Niles, to partake in a charade to use the invitation to get in. They are taken into the Silver Level door and enjoy the wonders of the […]
If you read my other blogs, Tyrannosaurus Rex is in the House! or It’s Not Good Grief, Charlie Brown! this is a continuation. I’ve recently had this mind-altering experience where I can finally process everything I’ve been through up to this point. And let me tell you, it’s been so painful but necessary. I can […]
Grief. Everyone deals with it at some point in their lives, and there are many different types of grief, some we may not even realize as grief. We know that losing someone close to us causes grief, but what about other things like losing your job or getting hurt and losing your physical ability to […]
Here I sit now and let it all out. I have kept myself hidden all my life because of shame and the belief that I was not good enough. As I type this, my leg is shaking, and I’m nervous about writing any of this. I will have apprehension and doubts and probably want to […]
I don’t want to be one of those people who speak about the “good old days,” but in this situation, I think it applies. What I mean by the “good old days” is a time in our lives when we spoke to people either face to face or over the telephone. In both instances, we […]
Do you remember when we were kids and made our Christmas list weeks before Christmas or were out of school for the summer? Time seemed to last forever. It did for me. I wondered why, as an adult, I feel like time moves so quickly. I had to find out why. The first thing […]
Do you ever feel like there are never enough hours in a day to get all the things you want to get done, done? I used to feel that way and knew I had to figure out how to gain control over my time. When you feel like the days fly by, and there’s not […]