Slow Poison

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017

It turns out, I've been slowly poisoning my husband for our entire marriage. Honest, Officer, I'm really *not* trying to harm my poor husband. It's just that he's been diagnosed…

Amusingly bad poetry day…

20 Sep 201721 Oct 2017

I miss the coffee I had this morning Sixty hearty sips, thick and hot, It was gone in moments Evaporating on my tongue As if it never were.   This…

This explains a lot…

16 Sep 201716 Sep 2017

This story on depression explains an awful lot about how, when, and why the disease actually appears "in the wild," so to speak.  It also explains why, despite all my self-care,…

The Impression that I Get

9 Sep 201720 Oct 2017

Full disclosure: Even though I've been living in Virginia for more than a decade, I didn't really grow up here. Only the first half of my childhood happened in Virginia. The second…