Blog Posts

  • BOOKS! I have books!

    BOOKS! I have books!

    As I work my way back into the writing groove, everything feels rusty and foreign. I’ve written a poem a day so far this month, some of them suck, some are okay. I’m attempting to be more present on social media…well, Threads anyway. I’ve tried to maintain a posting schedule here (Wednesdays and Saturdays). This…

  • random thoughts and stray dogs

    random thoughts and stray dogs

    I have a mess of thinky thoughts roiling around in my brain this morning. Thoughts about veterans, about stray dogs. Thoughts about consent being a thing we need to cultivate and honor starting with out kids. Thoughts about books and writing. Thoughts about family and Yule and Thanksgiving. Days like this are hard on the…

  • most of us

    most of us

    Democracy won in a lot of places last night. I don’t write much about politics on this blog, but I am a political person. I am a liberal and progressive. I believe in LGBTQIA+ rights, voting rights, and the right of women to control their own bodies. Last night women and Gen Z turned out…

  • getting back in the swing

    getting back in the swing

    Even though I’m largely back to myself, albeit significantly changed by the last year, things still feel kind of stilted and off. Somehow, I never really recognize a depression cycle until I’m coming out the other end. And really, how did I not think that something like my father’s death would send me down a…

  • …and I’m back

    *blows off the dust* So, after my father died, writing kind of took a back seat to dealing with the aftermath and getting my stepmother situated to carry on life without him. It meant a lot of travel back and forth to Tucson, all while I was grieving. It meant that there was very little…