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June 10, 2024

I’m Over Forty And I Won’t Be Reading All Fours

I should be rousting my sleeping children to clean my house and do profitable things...

May 2024

May 13, 2024

Sourdough and Botox

I resisted as long as I possibly could, trotting over to Insta and looking up...

April 2024

April 08, 2024

The Only Command With A Promise

The best thing about getting older, as far as I can tell, is forgetting things....

January 2024

January 01, 2024

New Year Same Old Magical Thinking

Every year I am so tempted to make a heap of resolutions, sure that the...

July 2022

July 22, 2022

Some Reasons To Go Camping

It's Friday! In case you hadn't noticed. I'm going to redeem my failure to blog...

July 19, 2022

How Hot Are You?

Expanding the definition of Hotness, one blog post at a time. A lovely person sent...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

My Kids Won’t Let Me Get On TikTok

Never mind...still can't upload pictures. This was supposed to be a stormy sea but oh...

April 13, 2022

Wednesday in Holy Week

Well, I have still so so much to do, including cleaning my house and trying...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

Eyes and Skin

This is the most wonderful thing I've seen in ages: A Russian art gallery guard...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

Don’t Be Depressed, Eat Chocolate

Wait! That's not a bowl of chocolate! Well, this sure sounds depressing. Apparently, eating "comfort"...

January 25, 2022

Look At Me!

No, I mean, no, you really don't. I seriously should not be blogging this week...

January 19, 2022

Normalize Self-Forgetfulness

Don't these people look like a real treat? Oh well, look, here is the "dawn,"...

January 12, 2022

You Can’t Make Me Drink Water First Thing In The Morning

I don't actually want to drink coffee either, just huge vats of strong black tea...

January 11, 2022

Cold and Alone

That looks pretty but don't be fooled--it is not worth going out to see in...

January 07, 2022

Five Boring Thoughts About Rewards On Friday

There's a little dusting of snow, so that is pretty epic--that's a joke, it's not...

January 04, 2022

That’s Not Our Biggest Problem

I came across another notable Christian last week who was proposing, as so many do...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

If You Met Your Goals For 2021 Don’t Tell Me About Them

Oops! Blew our cover. We do smile sometimes. Note the careful placement of festive holiday...

December 29, 2021

Make Every Day A Day Of Rest

I don't know if you've noticed, but the New Year is fast upon us. Like,...

October 2021

October 22, 2021

Anne Complains About Stuff On Friday

I kid you not, if you type 'Friday' into Unsplash, this is what comes up....

October 05, 2021

In Which I “Manifest” Rambling Thoughts About The Dangers of Manifesting

Don't do it. Don't manifest. Being so ill (well, not that ill, but ill enough...

October 01, 2021

That Kind of Love is Not Love

It's been a long week in which I've read and watched a lot of discouraging...

September 2021

September 15, 2021

Death on a Wednesday: John Shelby Spong and Norm MacDonald

UPDATE: I've corrected this post with the proper spelling of Norm MacDonald's name. Should have...

September 07, 2021

We Can’t Understand Very Many Things

I'm reading Religious Potential of the Child again because, well, it's been a few years...

September 03, 2021

7 Takes of Something

September seems like an over-heavy cargo plane trying to lift off the ground, bumping along...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Pro-Tip: At the Start of a New School Year, Don’t Play God

Me contemplating the new Scholastic Year This is a pretty great piece of writing, full...

August 26, 2021

Every Lady Her Own Book Reviewer

Don't worry, I'm not going to go on blathering about The Lord of the Rings...

August 25, 2021

Isn’t It Ironic

I did just have one more thing to say about The Great Mortality—the book about...

July 2021

July 15, 2021

Chairs For Everyone!

I'm sorry to say, but my thoughts have irrevocably turned to next week when I...

July 08, 2021

Three Important Things on Thursday

Jesus watching me organize my day. The First Thing My proper review of Beth Allison...

July 06, 2021

How To Be A Better Person

In spite of constantly cleaning my house and not being online, I do keep running...