Full disclosure: Poetry is not my thing. I’ve never been good at it, but I greatly admire those who are. The way they paint emotions and convey realities in so few words has always astounded me. Yet, every once in a while, I find a poem popping into my head.Continue Reading
People have been threatening to leave the U.S. for the last what? At least three elections? Maybe even more? I certainly threatened to move in 2020 if Trump won re-election. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. But it did this time, and I vowed if it did, I’d leave America. I’m notContinue Reading
I’d never gone to see Wicked the Musical because I wanted to read the book first. But I never read the book because I didn’t want to taint my happy childhood memories of The Wizard of Oz. However, the second I saw the trailer for Wicked the movie, I knewContinue Reading
Normally, medicine is the last thing I want to be prescribed. However, laughter really is the best medicine, and that’s a prescription I never balk at. But in a twist, I never saw coming, I may be the one doing the prescribing! This weekend I was thrilled to get anContinue Reading
At this point, I’m just trying to survive 2024. It’s been a real stress-inducing pisser, even though I had such high hopes for this year. But why did I have such high hopes? I can’t even remember. Maybe it was because I was no longer depressed and languishing like IContinue Reading