Nostalgia
Some 20-odd years ago, before HGTV became the 24 hour House Hunters channel, there was a block of shows on the weekend called Design Time Saturday Night. Mental and emotional pablum, that handful of home shows was just what the …
Everyday Life
How Do I Procrastinate?
Let me count the ways It’s finally summer. Is it summer? The days have all blended together and without looking at a calendar I honestly have no idea what day it is. I suppose it’s summer? It’s hot, humidity has …
Let Me Tell You About…Impostor Syndrome
For May’s GHF blog topic I’ve updated and edited this post from April 2015. The more things change, the more they stay the same. If you’ve spent any time in gifted circles, or read about gifted adults, or checked out …
2020: Year of the Pause
Fermata? Ceasure? I mean, since harmony is my word of the year, I should consider this <vague hysterical waving> to be a pause of some sort, yes? A moment in the musical weaving of my life in which things…wait. But …
Abby Something
Normal. Abby Normal. There is nothing normal about anything anymore. Not that normal ever meant much in the House of Chaos: But even by our abnormal standards of normal, things are whack. Complete a thought? Nope. Maintain focus long enough …
Poor Ma Ingalls
I blame Laura Ingalls Wilder. I grew up on the Little House on the Prairie series, and it’s influenced my life in subtle ways; I see it most often in August or so. Mid to late summer, the cicadas are …
How do you laugh at this magnitude of chaos?
Welcome to the House of Chaos, now located on the lovely island COVID-19 in the Pandemic region! I’m sure it will take your breath away! Take care entering, as it is built of toilet paper rolls, hand sanitizer, and the …
Death by a thousand paper cuts
I’ve had so many random thoughts whipping in and out of my head lately that it’s like being inhabited by bees. Loud, active, not sharing where the honey is located but gonna scare you into thinking it’s a DEVIL WASP …
{2e Tuesday} The Importance of Modeling
Monkey see, Monkey do, Monkey embarrass you in public by sharing that word they learned when you thought they were out of earshot. They’re always watching. No pressure, right? The kids are always watching and god help you if you …