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• Adoption is Forever! Be Mindful of What You Bring Home This Valentine's Day

  

  Fair lovers of Valentine's Day! This year, I have promised and delivered the usual panoply of hideous hounds, sloths, apes, and bears gleaned from the local... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2021 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• 8 Advertisements We Really Need to See During the Pandemic

  

  Why let the pandemic stand in the way of a great advertising campaign? "Never Waste a Crisis," the new catch phrase of a Very Large Company we know (and which i... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2020 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I'm Turning My Tiny Greenhouse Into a She-Shed!

  

  So, we rent a house in our charming Connecticut town. It's a very sweet house, if a bit cozy."Cozy" is ALWAYS a euphemism for "this house is so damned small tha... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2019 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Really, Really Bad Valentine's Day Gifts for 2019

  

  First of all, I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day. It's a Hallmark holiday designed to psychically wound the single, the lovelorn, the dumped, and all the depresse... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Made a Pet Out of My House Mouse

  

  I now have a pet mouse. In the absence of any other pets, I have decided to adopt the only other female in the household, who happens to be vermin. In fact, I a... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Same 10 Questions I Always Ask Myself, November 2018

  

  It's been a dreadful long time since I posted on this blog, so I decided to resurrect this recurring feature from the distant past.1. What are you wearing? Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2018 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Netflix Presents: The Caged Orangutan

  

  I've been watching The Crown on Netflix. Although the Queen is rather priggish and tweedy, the series has many merits. Among them are the chance to practice... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2017 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear President Trump, I Demand My Pony

  

  Dear President Trump,You may not remember me, but we met at one of your rallies. I approached you and expressed my need for a pony. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Things We Remember, for Tamar Kitzmiller (1954-2017)

  

  Do you remember the time, Tamar, that we hiked that wild mountain in Vermont, so intent on our gossiping that we missed the trail junction and continued for a... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• 6 Horrifying Attacks on America! Unreported by Dishonest Fake News Mainstream...

  

  Now revealed! Horrifying attacks on U.S. soil, unreported and disregarded by the dishonest and failing fake news mainstream media! We now honor these terrible... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fibromyalgia Autobiography: We Are the Brave

  

  I don’t know what to do or even how to write. The pain is so bad that it permeates every second of every day; I get no respite. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fox and the Rabbit: What Does Fibromyalgia Feel Like?

  

  What does having Fibromyalgia feel like? I've read numerous descriptions and, although there are definite themes shared among us, every person's experience is... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Party Pony Officially Endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United...

  

  As has been made abundantly clear via my social media messages, I do not care for Mr. Donald Trump aka DRUMPF. But rather than continuing to belabor the fact... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Deep Dive: Underwater Therapy for Fibromyalgia

  

  If you have Fibromyalgia, you've probably been told that swimming is one of the best forms of physical therapy to relieve the pain. It's absolutely true. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fibromyalgia: This Is Who I Am

  

  I hurt. I hurt like a bird brought down from flight, a tree limb weighted by ice, a shuddering bolt of metal in a groove. There were times I ran in the sun. I... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anonymous Letters and Anonymous Turds

  

  I haven't posted here since the demise of the Manny. Nor have I written very much at all, despite the desperate pleading from my legions of fans for the sequel... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Manny Diaries, Chapter Fifteen: The Pushing of the Swing

  

  “in the cupboard sits my bottle
like a dwarf waiting to scratch out my prayers.
I drink and cough like some idiot at a symphony,
sunlight and maddened birds... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The April Fool's Day Prank I Pulled on My Mom

  

  My mom has a habit of collecting newspaper clippings about awful tragedies and worrisome things that her children need to know about, putting them in... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Shopping Cart Massacre

  

  I used to spend a fair amount of my time stalking shopping carts and photographing them. (I intended to say 100 percent of my time, but that sounded weird so I... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Manny Diaries, Chapter Fourteen: Someone Whacked Me on the Head and Stole...

  

  The Manny has had a spate of bad luck lately, but I want to reassure all his fans that he is absolutely fine, despite the rather ominous tone of this post's... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 BOOKS, DIARIES, LIFESTYLE, SELF EXPRESSION