2022 New Years Year’s Resolutions (Draft)

Because life is just a series of revisions and I am a work in progress.

Don’t Road Trip without These

I have a checklist from a travel website of things to take on a road trip: first-aid kit, flashlight, USB cables, wet-wipes and hand sanitizer, a water bottle, tissues, sunscreen, lotion… Dude. These are the contents of my purse on an average day...

Five Reasons to End a Social Media Sabbatical

“Sabbatical” sound so much better than “I just can Internet right now.” There are plenty of articles about disconnecting or going on a social media diet. And really, does “Twitter and I are on a break right now” need elaboration in 2021? Probably not. Ghosting on most of the Interwebs—well, okay, it was actually scarily…

Expectation vs. Reality (To Do List Edition)

Things I planned to do today: Get up early. Have coffee on my porch surrounded by the plants I planted this weekend. Write a blog post. Exercise. Buy a watering can. Pay the electric bill. Figure out what's the deal with my porch light. Write a bazillion pages. Mind map ideas about my "Brand" and…

Maytag Neptune Unleashes Kraken in Laundry Room. News at Eleven.

My day so far: Feed and take care of Business with my dog. Pour coffee, open news feed. Mom and her dog come downstairs. Feed and take care of Business w/both dogs. Warm up coffee, reopen sleeping news feed. Mom starts laundry. Ungodly noise from washer. Bang around on washer. Seems to still be working?…