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LATEST ARTICLES ( 252 )

• The Stuff of Life

  Whoa. It feels like it’s been 87-thousand years since I last posted anything. I used to “need” this blog. Guess that’s no longer the case, but tonight I do. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2024 SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s Up, Pilgrim?

  I celebrated my Thanksgiving as I prefer—in quiet solitude, with a trans cat named Greer: age unknown. She and I were accompanied by a diabetic salad of a dog,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2023 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Neighborhood

  

  I loathe heat. This summer feels like I moved I moved inside an old Kenner Easy Bake Oven. Because of that, on any given day, I’m mole like. I don’t live in a... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2023 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Think Piece

  I strongly dislike movies, TV shows or books about apocalypse and post-apocalyptic attempts at survival. I don”t care what caused the annihilation: aliens,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2023 SELF EXPRESSION

• Update

  

  Ralph Gilley died. .Ralph was my classmate and I went to school with him for 12 years….maybe 13 if he went to Mrs. Porter’s kindergarten with me, which was... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2023 SELF EXPRESSION

• Been Illin’

  

  As both of my readers know, Santa offloaded a big old nasty case of Omicron in my Christmas stocking. Now granted, I’ve been sicker. I’ve had much worse cases o... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 SELF EXPRESSION

• Covid Version 2022

  

  We the people, are suffering from significant Covid fatigue. We’ve been dealing with contradictory advice, information and instruction since late December of... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2022 SELF EXPRESSION

• Let’s Talk Teeth

  

  Let’s all pretend we’re really going to maintain all the New Year’s resolutions we made and let’s also say taking better care of our teeth is one of those... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2022 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Whole of The Moon

  

  A week ago, the conventional writer in me felt compelled to post a 2021 year in review…..like 800-trillion other wordsmiths. I tried composing a few lines, but... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2022 SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Eve 2021

  As I begin to type, it’s 8:45 (CST). A scant few hours remain in this year’s Christmas Eve offering and here in Texas it’s a mild but windy. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• Krampus: A Holiday Movie & Myth

  

  As I type, you have technically less than six days to get your proverbial Christmas shit together or come the evening of December 24th, you’ll be forced deal... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• The One About The Breakfast Taco

  There was a point in time when I was a big city girl. I called Houston home for just under 24 years. The city is huge snd diverse and the traffic, I swear will... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bough Breaks

  It always does. The wood rots, some sort of parasite or fungus weakens it, the wind blows it down, and lest we forget about the duress of plain, ordinary gravit... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• Katie Couric Explained

  I don’t know this woman, personally or professionally. I’ve never been a hardcore fan. In my six-plus decades on the Earth, I can honestly say I’ve only... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• Halloween ’21

  Surprise!!! No need to send the cops to make a welfare check. Despite the ominous nature of my previous post, I’m fine. It’s been a horrific 18-months for... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• Catch Up

  A lot has happened since I last felt any real initiative to log onto this self-serving space. There was a time when I first started blogging (March 31, 2007….I... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Labor Day

  

  I’d love to say I knew or actually cared more for this day which is duly noted on the September calendar. I mean, it get that it celebrates the American... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Parents’ Day

  Are you tired of my droning on and on about my mother’s death 13 weeks ago? Well, the fact is, I’m not ready to stop. Mother”s Day happened too soon after he... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• That Didn’t End Well

  I was supposed to go the big family thing in South Texas this past weekend. I went…..kinda. I got there around 4 pm Friday and was back on the road racing back... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2021 SELF EXPRESSION

• Eleven Weeks

  My mother died 11-weeks ago today. I don’t think about her or her death death everyday. In fact, large gaps of time go by when she/it doesn’t enter my... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2021 SELF EXPRESSION