November is a popular month for gratitude, given the holiday that’s named for the emotion, but my motivation this year is a little different. I’m grateful that October is over! "Isn’t that the same thing as being-in-November?" you ask reasonably. Well, not precisely. The thing is, almost every major Drama, Trauma, and Tragedy in my … Continue reading Drawing up a gratitude list
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Spooks & Sparklers
I'm still a little haunted. On my psychiatrist's chart, that condition is spelled out "P-T-S-D," but I think "haunted" is a better descriptor of the experience. As much as I've tried to process it, my brain still doesn't entirely know what to do with some of the sights, sounds, and experience my memory contains. I'm speaking … Continue reading Spooks & Sparklers
A Visit (And a Visitation)
One of the interesting things about working at Home Depot is that our customers have a definite expectation that anyone in an orange apron will be able to answer any of their questions. And the reason our customers have that expectation is because we are encouraged not to answer with “I don’t know.” When I … Continue reading A Visit (And a Visitation)
On Vapors, and Vapers
Last week CBS This Morning hosted a lexicographer from the Merriam-Webster dictionary, talking about the malleability of language and the ongoing task of incorporating new words into the dictionary. Although prescriptive grammarians (unlike descriptive ones) would have you believe that our language and its rules are static, nothing could be further from the truth. (Sure, I … Continue reading On Vapors, and Vapers
Life, and Death. And Life.
Life in Idaho... I've been practicing my fly-fishing cast out in the road behind our RV, aiming to land my fly on a paper plate. Jon has been out with me, working on technique--and he'll take me to try it on water once I'm hitting that plate regularly. (We picked up our three-year hunting-and-fishing licenses … Continue reading Life, and Death. And Life.
“Crazyass Passions” & Pencilled Notes
My mother isn't one for writing-in-books, so I'm tickled that the book she just mailed me has a sentence underlined with a smiley-face. "I believe in crazyass passion." That's the line she highlighted in Rinker Buck's Oregon Trail travelogue, and that says plenty about my mother! She's a world traveler, kayaker, fly-fisher, river rafter, scuba diver (Nitrox-certified … Continue reading “Crazyass Passions” & Pencilled Notes
Things About My 2016 (List#6)
The New-Year mark is a time for lists, even for people who aren't as obsessed with them as I am. In the spirit of "contained chaos" (see yesterday's list and my underwear drawer) this is a rather random list of "Things About 2016," as I experienced it... It's not a comprehensive list of all the "big … Continue reading Things About My 2016 (List#6)
Kana's Chronicles 