I should not be blogging right now. It is not blog day. Alas, I hopped on the Tiktok this morning and was sorely disappointed to discover that everyone on the planet is a goddamn idiot. So hang on a second, let me get up on this soapbox… Listen, it is bad enough that World War … … | Continue reading
Upon starting this blog, the time reads 3:39 a.m. I am not pleased with this. I would like very much to not be writing a blog right now, but instead be sleeping peacefully in a comfy bed, dreaming of taking a vacation. That’s what most of my dreams are: vacation dreams. Either I … | Continue reading
Long ago, I wrote about my first experience at a poetry reading. I have also written many times about the open mic that I attend every other Wednesday, health permitting. I have discussed in length the levels of anxiety that these events bring me, and I’m proud to report that las … | Continue reading
I have already written about an ontological shock. This is some more of that, and I can guarantee there will be even more down the line, so here’s the deal: I started out this blog writing about memories regarding science and school and learning about the planet. I ended the entr … | Continue reading
I wrote this for my Patreon, but I decided to post it here as well because it reaches a bigger audience. So… Hello! My name is Brigid, and I am a white, American, middle-aged woman with Irish heritage! Naturally, I am aware of my privilege and vantage point, and as such likely ha … | Continue reading
8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I have my coffee and no stomach ache, which is a strange development considering the past week. I spent 3 days admitted to Sister’s Hospital, lost a whole weekend of work, and what feels like a week of my life, all to the business of diabetes. … | Continue reading
This first paragraph is from some freeform writing I did a while ago just to get myself in the groove: We used to explore abandoned places with little flashlights before we had cell phones to light our way, hopping fences and sneaking through windows, looking for buildings no one … | Continue reading
As the longtime reader knows, my New Year’s resolution is, as always, to not eat a phone book. I’ve been able to keep this resolution for over a decade now, and it has just gotten easier each year- I mean where would I even find a phone book these days? Since this is such a … Con … | Continue reading
Once upon a time, I went camping for my birthday. It was not a great day, because I planned for my parents and sister and some friends to come and join us at the cabin for a party, but I got sick and ended up spending the day puking in the back room. They all … Continue reading C … | Continue reading
I don’t talk about my financial situation, because I was raised to believe that was not something you shared with other folks. One can surmise however, from my career as a part-time car renter and my husband’s warehouse work, that we do not make a very healthy salary. We are payc … | Continue reading
Sometimes I sit around and I think of topics for my blog, and I write them in my little Notes app, then when I come back to them later they don’t make a lot of sense. For instance, once upon a time I wrote the words “Ghostbusters and Barbie.” Nothing else, just the name of … Cont … | Continue reading
Introduction I received an early XMas present of a SunFounder PiCar-X. This is a car that is controlled via a Raspberry Pi, it contains a number of sensors, including a pan-tilt camera, ultrasonic module and a line tracking module, so you can experiment with self-driving programs … | Continue reading
Well, it is the day after my father’s birthday. That means we can finally start celebrating Christmas! At least, that is what it meant when I was a child. That would be the weekend that we got our tree, and decorated, and started baking cookies. I would look forward to this day w … | Continue reading
The youngest has her first audition today. She called me last night, all aflutter, worried about the jitters and stage fright. She asked me what I did in those situations, and I was at a loss because I’ve never felt them. I thought of friends who had, and gave her their tiny tric … | Continue reading
Dear Santa, I meant to get this to you before the 1st, but unfortunately I ended up in the hospital for a few days. Maybe if I could have got the mail out on time, you would have received my request and I’d have not gone to the hospital during the month of December. I … Continue … | Continue reading
If you subscribe to my Patreon, you get a monthly newsletter regarding my writing adventures. If you read my blog, you get an end of the year roundup. In January of 2023, I pulled my novella out to read- I did not get past the first couple of chapters, of course. There was not mu … | Continue reading
There is this thing that happens when I am grieving, where time loses all meaning. When my grandmother Lois died at the end of second grade, I somehow managed to block out most of third grade. When my aunt Ka died, I think it was 2005, the next couple of years were foggy as well. … | Continue reading
While I was sharing the classic “why Mastodon is big in Japan” article around to prove a point again about the early days of the fediverse and who actually uses the fediverse as opposed to who says they want to use the fediverse, I noticed yet again something I had never written … | Continue reading
Right now, it is 4:00 in the morning and I cannot sleep. I am very jealous of the man snoring on the couch next to me as I write this, who is blissfully unaware that I am roaming the house in the wee hours of the morning. I just finished reading this here website regarding … Cont … | Continue reading
It is really hard for me to write anything right now, so I am grateful that you are still around to read what I am able to put out. Anyway, two weekends ago, the youngest of our kiddos took us to the aquarium, a special treat which she planned with her birthday money. We had … C … | Continue reading
I am currently attending the Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia. This is the first time I have deliberately attended an Ubuntu event. Back in 2013, I accidentally walked through what I believe was the last Ubuntu Developers Summit in Copenhagen, when I was showing some friends ar … | Continue reading
Have you read The Squirrel? I wrote The Squirrel a few years back when first I heard about Kristen Garth’s Haunted Dollhouse series. I remember one of my first poems that I wrote when I was young was what I called a “story poem,” about a man traveling a long distance to find his … | Continue reading
As usual, I plan and the universe laughs. My wonderful jaunt to Cleveland was interrupted by illness, which marred the adventure a bit. Alas… On Thursday last week, I headed out on my first road trip, lone wolf-style. I stopped in Erie, Pennsylvania, to stretch my legs and grab … | Continue reading
Quick housekeeping: I know that I typically updated Tuesdays and Thursdays, but in case you have not noticed things have been a little crazy, life-wise, since mom passed. As such, blog updates will come and go for the time being. If you want something regular each week, may I sug … | Continue reading
I am staring at the cursor, I am willing the words to come, and of course they are stifled by whatever is in the way- I’m not sure what it is today, I’m not sure if it’s my headache, I’m not sure if it’s my grief, I’m not sure if it’s the overwhelming pressure of … Continue readi … | Continue reading
It isn’t so much that I have writer’s block, as it is that I am not able to pick a topic and stick to it. For instance, last weekend I wanted to write about the Out of the Darkness Walk sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I have done this walk for a … Con … | Continue reading
There was this tiktok trend recently where you asked the men in your life how often they think about the Roman empire. Most men that were asked and made into videos said they did daily or at least weekly. I asked around and got similar answers. People were pondering why so many m … | Continue reading
I’m not sure whose decision it was to send me the Girl Scout camp in 5th grade. I had gone to encampment weekend a couple of times, and it was okay, but at some point either me or my mother thought a whole week away at Camp Seven Hills would be fantastic for my growth … Continue … | Continue reading
I haven’t got a lot of time, which has been the mood of the past month. I worked a lot this week, and there was much going on, so I did not accomplish any writing. I don’t even have time to do so right now, I am just sneaking this little blog in before I … Continue reading Do Har … | Continue reading
I checked out my year-to-date stats this morning, and I have these thoughts… Once upon a time, in the earlier days of my blog, I wrote a post about the readers I had from around the world. It’s still surprises me that I have readers from all over when I don’t expect to have reach … | Continue reading
For the past 4 days, I have been working on a puzzle. Ny boss had to go out of town, so I was running the store from Sunday until this morning. It was quite a few hours in a short period of time, and I am totally exhausted at the end of it. It was … Continue reading Work Week | Continue reading
Read the announcement Crafting Legacies,One Century at a Time Request the 100-Year Plan Read the announcement The 100-Year Plan ensures that your stories, achievements, and memories are p… | Continue reading
This morning, I am pretty proud of myself. As the constant reader knows, I wage a battle with myself a few times a month in an effort to get out and read my poetry in public. I have no stage fright, so that is not the issue. I have no fear that my work is … Continue reading Poetr … | Continue reading
I have decided, due to overwhelming conditions, that I have to start outsourcing some of my therapy. My wonderful counselor cannot do all this heavy lifting on her own, as far as I’m concerned. First of all, she handles the daily maintenance of me- and then on top of that she’s s … | Continue reading
During his life, Hubs has gotten some flack from some folk regarding his political leanings; apparently he’s become a little too liberal for the likes of them. Of course, this makes me chuckle as he is still adamantly Independent, and maintains some views that I continue to think … | Continue reading
Typically, I do not use my blog for reviews of things. I believe I have done so precisely three times. Here is number four. Five years ago, my mother put a pair of movie tickets in my Christmas stocking. Eventually, they wound up in a drawer, then a box, then another drawer, wher … | Continue reading
I have a vivid recollection of the first episode. Kevin had been hyping it for a little while, so when our mother’s decided to have spaghetti dinner that particular Sunday night, we were both excited to watch, and got the adults excited as well. I remember us sitting on the the r … | Continue reading
If you are a long time reader, then you should be fully aware that I do not shy away from discussing my mental health. I have always been upfront and brutally honest about my struggles with my brain, who rebelled on me sometime ago and whom I have been trying to wrestle to the gr … | Continue reading
Back when the movie As Good As It Gets came out, I saw obsessive-compulsive disorder on the screen for the first time. I felt a kinship to Jack Nicholson’s character that I did not fully understand then. No, I was not a neat freak who needed to wash my hands over and over, or fli … | Continue reading
Currently, I am sitting on my couch, smoking a cigarette. This is not acceptable behavior. First of all, I can’t find my vape so that just starts the day off on the wrong foot. I know it is around here somewhere, but the stress of looking for it makes me need the nicotine, which … | Continue reading
If you ask my husband what his favorite holiday is, he will tell you it is the 4th of July. I am pretty sure it is simply because he enjoys fireworks and picnics, because I know for a fact it has very little to do with patriotism. When I was younger, the 4th was my … Continue rea … | Continue reading
I have a bee in my bonnet. Gay Pride month is coming to a close, and once again I have heard several people comment on how they don’t believe that the LGBTQ community deserve a whole month. Again, as usual, I remind folks of things like Black History month and Women’s History mon … | Continue reading
I have been focused a lot on my own grief in the past 6 months. I have spent many nights screaming at the sky, many moments remembering something that makes me cry, and many days talking to a mono-god I don’t even believe in anymore about how stupid the whole thing was. I have wr … | Continue reading
I can’t write. My hiccups won’t go away I guess, or perhaps this is moving into a full-on block. On Tuesday, I sat down to write my blog and nothing came. I didn’t think much of it because it has been coming in drips lately, and I figured something would come to mind before the … … | Continue reading
Every once in awhile, for whatever reason, I end up being off my meds for a couple of days. Sometimes it is human error, sometimes it is computer error, sometimes it is my own stupid self. Most recently, I was without Celexa for 5 days over the course of my birthday weekend. This … | Continue reading
It is one of those very early mornings where I cannot sleep and I miss my mother. I could have crept over to her house and started the coffee pot, and waited for a little while until she woke up. We could have sat on the back porch and chatted for a couple hours, until … Continue … | Continue reading
I think I’m having a writer’s hiccup. Unlike writer’s block, where I have no desire to write and no ideas whatsoever, the writer’s hiccup is a small, short-term event that leaves me aching to write but without any time or ability. Obviously, if you are a regular blog reader you k … | Continue reading
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