After years of using an IKEA table as a desk, I decided that my fifth decade of life was a good enough as any to get myself an actual desk with drawers and storage. I mean I do work from…
Old Lady Russell buys glasses the new-fangled way
I bought new glasses last May and although I really do like them, I wanted something a bit more modern and distinctly different than the pair before. This time I was smart at Lenscrafters and took a photo of my…
Fit Journal – February 2019
I’m taking an online class to help me be accountable w/r/t fitness: physical and emotional. This is my monthly journal entry. Pencils down, January is OVAH! I made a lot of mini goals for January. Time to see how it…
Talk therapy gone wrong
Me: I’m having a problem with how I react to a woman who obviously doesn’t work at my building, but takes the free shuttle to the building from City Hall. She’s older and has a cane and STILL I silently…
Closet – before and after
I have glorious closet here in the House on Literary Lane that I swore I could never fill in a million years. (laugh track) I gave it a good re-organizing the other day and for those of you who enjoy…
The journalists and the rest of us
In the news today: Gannett lays off journalists across the country. Here is your yearly reminder that Gannett also lays off employees who don’t work in the newsroom … they are just rarely included in the sad pieces because they…