Tophouse – The Mountain Song
For your listening pleasure: Found where I find most of my new music these days: Tiktok. “Then came the sunshineThe clouds rolled back and color filled the earthAnd the rain had brought the flowersYou could sit and stare for hoursAnd…
Friday 5 for August 16: Scattergories, Part 14
Happy Friday, which is also National Rum Day (I’m a Captain Morgan spiced rum lady), National Roller Coaster Day (I went on Jolly Rancher Remix at HersheyPark on Tuesday, it was something), and National Tell a Joke Day. For that,…
All in
I was at Hershey for a few days with Nephews A&B and their entourage. It’s our fourth year doing this and it’s been a blast seeing the kids’ stamina and bravery grow and change over the years. It was a…
Wordless Wednesday 2024: Week 33
Friday 5 on Saturday: Wrong answers only
I was off yesterday and somehow forgot it was Friday. Happy SATURDAY, which in this house is also National Try Chocolate Peanut Butter On Your Pancakes Day (very tasty, should not be a habit), National Finally It Stopped Raining Day…
The music that I love to listen to in summer
Still bopping along with blog prompts to get me through my season of malaise, which is either lifting or I’m becoming accustomed to it. This one is “what kind of music do you love to listen to in summer?” I…
Wordless Wednesday 2024: Week 32
The things that worry me the most
Here I am, still blogging through my malaise. I had my first shingles vaccine yesterday and oh boy this isn’t fun. I woke up today absolutely fine and was a little hopeful I’d be one of the people who skate…
Konmari & Olympics chatter
Still blogging through my malaise with this prompt: Have you tried any Marie Kondo strategies for cleaning your clutter? Which, yes. I’m pretty mercenary with letting go of things that no longer bring me joy. I tried her folding methods…
Friday 5: Excess negativity
Happy Friday! It’s National Coloring Book Day (coloring was my least-favorite activity as a child) and National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. I have mini ice cream sandwiches in my freezer right now! It was not my Summer Friday off from…
August: Personal and Work Goals
Rabbit rabbit! And just like that it’s August. I’ve been unmotivated to write (just unmotivated, period) and it has a lot to do with the narrative around childless women not having a stake in society. The predictable defense is “oh…
