Three years ago I took my kids (Elena Grace & Christian, then 9 & 12) up to my parents' house for Christmas. It was the first time in over a decade that I had been "home" for Christmas, and we resurrected every Christmas tradition I had grown up with. We baked my grandma's famous vanilla-apricot … Continue reading Christmas Redux, Christmas Remix
Death of a Salesman(‘s Commission)
We all know---don't we?---the demographic that comprises full-time RV-ers... They sport hearing aids and golf pants and live in Arizona or Florida half the year. Once again, it's time to challenge my assumptions. When Jon and I moved into this RV park in February, I was surprised to find two-thirds of the sites occupied by … Continue reading Death of a Salesman(‘s Commission)
Duck, Duck, Dog!
When You Wait till You’re Married (List#3)
In company with dinosaurs and dodos, we have to list the wait-till-you're-married man as extinct, do we not? I honestly believed so, at least as it applies to this country and culture... but I'm here to report that the subspecies is not defunct. I met Jon last year. And I married him this February. And then we started our life of … Continue reading When You Wait till You’re Married (List#3)
Put it on a T-Shirt: Mental Health Edition (List#2)
Continuing my Weird Lists project... If you know what's funny about these, you probably have OCD, or ADD, or ... maybe you live with someone who does! Yesterday my psych-doc seemed inclined to add A.D.D. to the alphabet-soup of my Mental Health Diagnoses... And if I'd had any doubts, I think I have my confirmation in … Continue reading Put it on a T-Shirt: Mental Health Edition (List#2)
Uses for Sticky Notes (List#1)
Well, here's another function for list-making (to round out yesterday's thoughts on the subject)... When my brain is fried by a freelance writing project (in this case, lengthy reviews of computer monitors), I can turn to therapeutic list-making while I recharge. If you missed yesterday's post, I'm letting my Weird Lists come out to play... Today's … Continue reading Uses for Sticky Notes (List#1)
Entering the Lists
My notebook is bent, battered, and buckled, every kind of abused but bruised. The covers crease from frequent folding, and tags & stickies protrude from its pages. I've had it for all of three weeks. The notebook serves as a journal, but it its pages have also filled with sketches, blog-post brainstorms, A.A. Stepwork, notes from group sessions and church sermons, quotes and definitions … Continue reading Entering the Lists
Kana's Chronicles 