Life in Kana-text (er… CONtext)
I've been trying, here, to dig down and write some things that are real (even if they don't frame me in the best light), and what's on my mind today is vanity. My own vanities are a weird mix---things I literally don't even bother to look at, and things I obsess about as if they … Continue reading Vanity Fair (or Unfair)
Note: I hardly ever, ever go into politics here, for reasons that are about to become apparent. This post is an exception. I feel like I should give warning, in the same way that some shows warn when there will be flashing lights or adult language... Be warned. Political anxiety ahead. *** I don't do … Continue reading A Horror-Stricken Ostrich
As work-environments go, ours is pretty out of the ordinary. We run an RV Park and live onsite (that's not the weird part---although it certainly has its interesting moments). It's a small park---just 105 sites, around 65 of which are occupied by long-term folks---which functions almost like a mini-town within our already-small-town. And we only … Continue reading Punching Bag
I couldn't tell you what it is about Octobers, but nearly every drama and trauma of my adult life has landed on me in an October. It makes for a month littered with traumatic anniversaries and destructive memories. October has been a haunted month for me, for reasons entirely unrelated to Halloween. Some of those … Continue reading Giving Thanks: The “October Curse” Stays Lifted
Last week my mother-in-law stopped over with us, on a grand tour of family-visiting, and dropped a comment about the boredom of her hours on the road. I helped her set up a Libby account so she could borrow audiobooks from her library, and we sent her on her way with a novel in her … Continue reading The Affect Effect
My treadmill broke down this week. I'd love to say that I legitimately "used it up"---but truthfully, I haven't been that assiduous with my exercising. It was a pretty cheap treadmill, and it has lasted since our COVID shut-in year, but I didn't use it up with overuse. I swoop from one end of the … Continue reading Track Record
2025 is the Year of the Scalpel in our household. My husband has been trying for over a year to queue up the necessary protocols and referrals and scheduling to get his much-needed neck surgery done through the VA. (Don't get me wrong---we're immensely grateful that he can get this surgery through the VA! But … Continue reading Catastrophe & Calm
Kana's Chronicles 