Intermission
When I chose harmony as my 2020 Word of the Year, I had plans of building upon the positive momentum of 2019. Last year was a pretty good one for me and my family, and while I know it was …
Everyday Life
An open letter to my sons’ future partners
I tried. Please, know that I tried. My goal in raising these two boys was to raise them to be successful orphans. Well, that was step one. Step two was to mold them into young men whose future partners wouldn’t …
The Soul is Lava
I loved playing The Floor is Lava as a kid. Before you ask, yes, I have seen the new Netflix show of the same name. We got about halfway through an episode before we had to stop; it was corny …
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 …
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 …