I have spent at least two decades working through religious trauma. Maybe three decades. Even as I was still immersed in religion, I was already trying to rid myself of baggage. Sometimes that baggage took the simple form of merely unnecessary loads other people placed on my shoulders. But sometimes, the baggage looked exactly like …
I keep wanting to get back to blogging regularly, if for no other reason than I have a lot of ideas and I won’t get them out anywhere else. Strangely, it seems that I’ll never get back to blogging unless I actually…oh, I dunno…blog. So here I am. On my phone I have an app …
(So, I knew I was a bit behind on listing the books I’ve read, but I didn’t realize that the last time was more than 4 years ago. Sheesh and begorrah, Batman.) Favorite/particularly memorable books get asterisks; the more asterisks, the more the fave. …2023 …2024 …2025 ________________ As of today, I’m on book nr. …
There’s a guy who lives across the street and one house over from me.I might be scared of him.I’m at least wary of him. I feel like a rabbit who’s not quite sure if the fellow creature beyond my burrow is a predator or not. I am upwind of him, and the sight and sound …
So. I am truly, without a doubt, the Very Worst Self-Marketer. Why? Because my latest book has been out for weeks and I haven’t said anything. Prolly ’cause depression & anxiety have been getting the best of me. I haven’t been tending to The Babadook as I should. (ICYMI, “Babadook” is the name of my …
This post is brought to you by Somebody Was Grammatically Wrong On The Internet. I’m gonna try to keep this short <– this is my caveat emptor concerning the fact that I am not going to cover all the bases in this little essay. Essaylet. Whatevs. Anyway, I’m warning you, Gentle Constant Reader, not to …
I wrote this back in mid-September. I don’t know why I didn’t publish it then. It might be a poem. I don’t know that either. ____________________________________________________________________ Had a convo with Josh last week that altered my opinion of the USA. And by altered, I mean worsened. So. If, like me, you grew up immersed in …
“When Did We See You”
When I speak of my chronic illnesses
or see others speaking of theirs
and then I hear or read certain responses
have you tried a liver cleanse
have you tried colloidal silver
have you tried meditation
have you tried a vegan diet
have you tried essential oils
have you tried yoga
it sounds just like certain people of my past
people in Christian circles
Christians
who were fundamentalist
saying
you just don’t have enough faith.
Recently, because of reasons, I have had occasion to give multiple people my business card (yes, I do actually have business cards! they are very old! but the info on them remains accurate! I think!). That being the case, and in view of the fact that this blog’s address is emblazoned (actually printed demurely) upon …
So, when last you left Your Heroine, she’d posted a thing about a McGowan-Engley podcast episode entitled “Euphemism.” If you haven’t read that thing, you should probably go do that now. And maybe even listen to said podcast episode, too. In fact, your best bet at maintaining serenity and sanity is probably just to skip …