I haven’t really full blown cried in quite some time. I can’t even remember the last time I cried fully and with abandon. But tonight I had a huge release. I think, maybe, it had been building up for a while now. My cat, Puddy, sneaks out into the living room after the dogs have [...]
It was a u-pick kind of day today. Originally, I had planned to surprise Cor with a morning of u-pick strawberries at a local farm (Bedner’s), but our recent rain and cold front did a number on the little berry plants, and so they were off limits. We didn’t find that out until we were [...]
generally, i have a fear of small spaces. not true claustrophobia, mind you, just an anxious sort of tightness that sets in when i realize i’ll be confined for an extended period of time. you know, like in an airplane. i don’t like sitting between people at restaurants or at the movies and i’m just [...]
i hung up the phone at work this evening and took a deep breath. the only people left in the building were a program director and our executive director. as i drove towards home, i didn’t even bother with the radio. i stopped at walgreens and gluttonously satisfied my continued craving for dark chocolate. even [...]
dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt or dark chocolate with chili. yes, well i just ate half a bar of the former. this comes with the seasonal ebb and tide of what i lovingly refer to as ‘the rollercoaster’. most of the time, i like chocolate but don’t feel any sort of strong [...]
