Whimpering into the void
Yes, I flat out stole that title (well, the gist of it) from Chuck Wendig. If you follow Chuck on Twitter or read his blog Terrible Minds, you see why I appreciate his humor and insight. I also think he’s …
{2e Tuesday} The Highly-Sensitive Person and Overexcitabilites: What’s the Overlap?
Many thanks to my friend and partner in crime, Kate Arms, for today’s guest post on highly sensitive people and overexcitabilities. These days I’m whipping between staring into space complete overwhelm and plowing through various projects, so I deeply appreciate …
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 …
Unexpected homeschooler
But for now, the whole country is homeschooling in one form or another, and no one expected that.
On gloves, groceries, and the ruminating mind
I’ve a wandering mind. Allowed to roam unsupervised, I never know if I’ll find myself planning the week, writing a blog post, or spinning into anxiety. Like falling down the rabbit hole of the internet, falling down the rabbit hole …
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 …