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March 2020

March 31, 2020

Where Is The Covid-19 MasterClass?

I don’t know about anyone else, but my Facebook feed is full of Masterclass advertisements,...

March 26, 2020

Three Things on Thursday

Must say, have completely adjusted to the slower pace of life. Don’t even really wake...

March 19, 2020

The Worst Song For This Moment

Jesus, reading the words of "Imagine." Should I be numbering the days? They're all starting...

March 12, 2020

At Such a Time as This

Sometime as I was scrolling in my usual languid way through the internet yesterday, I...

March 03, 2020

Two Things on Tuesday: Is That Tiny Bag Beautiful?

With the plastic bag ban, I need these, not a teeny tiny purse. Tuesday is...

February 2020

February 25, 2020

Two Things On Tuesday

The First Thing I did it. I wrote a little letter complaining about the use...

February 11, 2020

The Lord Gave Me a Word for 2020

Well, I didn’t watch the Oscars, thank goodness, because I would have died of boredom....

February 07, 2020

7 Things for Friday

Whatever the day is, I woke from a stupor to the sound of ice...

February 04, 2020

You Don’t Like goop Because of The Patriarchy

For me, as I approach the internet in these dark early-morning hours with all the...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

3 Wellness Trends To Live By

Well, I had a lovely few days away with the loveliest people in the world....

January 21, 2020

That’s Not Helpful

M. Michele should spend some time with these nice ladies. I bet their dresses even...

January 17, 2020

7 Scattered Takes

Is it Friday? It is. That means Takes. One Matt and I coincided in our...

December 2019

December 20, 2019

7 Takes to a Christmas Miracle

I was working on something that was going to be all clever and funny—7 reasons...

December 13, 2019

7 Party All The Time Takes

Is it really Friday? One We celebrated St. Nicholas with a vengeance last week—shoes and...

December 10, 2019

I Also Appreciate That That’s Appreciated

Tell me again how you feel... I was all set to talk about all the...

December 04, 2019

Witless Wednesday: The Morning Routine

This is so brilliant. Someone over at the Atlantic has finally had enough of the...

December 03, 2019

Here, Let My Pry That Weird Meme Out Of Your Soul

Santa, also known as Father Christmas, not to be confused with Satan, nor St. Nicholas...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

A Lot of Things Should be Harder to Do

This is actually a brilliant invention. One of the best. In the spirit of Thanksgiving,...

October 2019

October 01, 2019

Stop Oppressing Me

Well, I had something important on my mind today (Kanye West) but that was swiftly...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

7 We Can’t Do Better Takes

I mean, we think we can, but we can't because we're sinners. So that's too...

September 08, 2019

What If Jesus Were On Twitter

Everything He tweeted would have this as it's background. I just discovered “Hashtag Sunday Thoughts”...

September 06, 2019

7 Quick Takes—Entry In The Annals Of Terrible Experiences At The Dentist

Goodness, what a week, and I still haven’t even started school. One On Wednesday morning...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Demotivational Thursday: You’re Not Good and You’re Probably Tired

I was looking for more videos of big dogs being carried up escalators but accidentally...

August 14, 2019

Don’t Do That: #wednesdaywisdom

What a busy day I have. Which means not lying about here surfing the internet,...

August 07, 2019

If You’re A Christian, You Probably Won’t Enjoy The Thrive Journal

A “friend” alerted me to something called the Thrive Journal yesterday, which unfortunately has no...

August 06, 2019

A Celebration Of Wellness

Well, if you were wondering if there could possibly be a God, you can absolutely...

June 2019

June 11, 2019

Bad Tweets on Tuesday

I don’t really have any hobbies. I don’t do any crafting and I’m not overburdened...