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Five Minute Friday: Home

“There’s no place like home!” It really didn’t hit me until after my mom died...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Afraid

Let’s just put the cards on the table right at the beginning and play this...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Dreamless

My mouth is full of ashes. I’m choking on dust. I can’t breathe any more…...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Wake Up Call

In a bit of a different twist, I'm lying here in bed, listening to Paul...

December 17, 2012

On and Off the Wagon

I have an addiction problem, but it’s not what you think. (Well, except for the...

December 14, 2012

Too Much Is Never Enough

Some people probably think I’m a hoarder. And they might be right. But my hoarding...

December 11, 2011

Long time…no write…

Yeah, it’s been a long time. The whole time Sophia’s been gone to Rome, I’ve...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

After the Storm

Image by Abu-Edrees via Flickr I don’t think it matters whether you’ve had a hurricane,...

August 30, 2011

Continuing my Pursuit…

Image via Wikipedia This has been a rough couple of weeks. I thought I was...

August 10, 2011

One of Those “Character-Building” Kind of Days

It’s already started. I had big plans to accomplish a whole lot today, and so...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

Walking On Sunshine, or, Out of the Tar Pit

No day in La Brea for me today! No, ma’am! I did everything I could...

July 14, 2011

Life at La Brea; or Spiraling Down

Being depressed is like being in a tar pit. I’m not sure if this picture...

July 10, 2011

Room Without a View

This is the view from my room, or, rather, the lack of a view from...

July 06, 2011

What do you feel like doing?

Image via Wikipedia I mentioned in my previous post that even though I dreaded going...

July 04, 2011

Grinding along…

It’s a long, weary road, and I’m sleepy and I don’t want to write. I...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

For Crying Out Loud!

Image by Up Your Ego via Flickr We’re not too fond of humiliation in this...

June 11, 2011

Confidential: Kitchen Chaos

Entropy is one thing you can always count on… Just last week, the kitchen was...

April 2011

April 07, 2011

Fits of Domesticity!

Well, I planted lettuce last evening! I did a cut-and-come-again mix called mesclun. I bought...

April 06, 2011

Need some sunshine!

Image via Wikipedia (Looks like Emma Bovary could use sunnier skies as well!) I...

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November 27, 2009

Library Overload

Image by eclecticlibrarian via Flickr The book situation in the apartment has finally reached critical...

November 06, 2009

Woman On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

What do Pedro Almodóvar films and I have in common? We’re both a little strange....

September 2009

September 04, 2009

Some days are just days

And this is just one of them. It just seems sometimes like there are whole...

September 01, 2009

Flea spray, and ‘fridges, and files, oh my! (Part II)

Such a week, and now it's Tuesday! Okay, I promised that I'd put in a...

August 2009

August 27, 2009

No wonder I feel so great!

It's my flowers! I know for some women that time of the month is not...

August 19, 2009

Honestly, I’m not (always) like this!

I've been thinking. If you only knew me by reading my blog, you might think...

August 06, 2009

Big housecleaning day

It's now almost 1:30 p.m., and it's time to begin the big housecleaning push. I've...

July 2009

July 30, 2009

Making OCD work FOR me???

I've often heard people jokingly remark about how they know someone whose house is so...

July 27, 2009

Why do I do the things that I hate?

This just dropped from nowhere this morning: Why do I do the things that I...

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