I proclaimed last year the Year of the Quokka (the adorable marsupial), but that didn’t change the fact that the year was pretty shitty all around. Nevertheless, I persist in naming years after strange and cute animals in an unhinged hope that is totally ungrounded in reality. …
I might have a slight addiction to self-help books, and I’m done feeling shame about it. All I really want to do is improve myself, why should I feel ashamed about that? …
As a person who doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions, I have several ideas as how to keep them. It doesn’t seem to be that complicated, if you set them so they can meet you sort of half way to being resolved. …
Beauty is subjective, as is art, most of us can agree on that. But let’s all come together and agree on one more thing. Let’s agree that Columbian artist Fernando Botero’s paintings and sculptures are the cutest, most life-affirming chubby people (and animals) ever. …
Yesterday, my family and I went to an immersive art experience known as “Meow Wolf” Denver. There are three Meow Wolf experiences around the United States; one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and one just outside of downtown Denver — the city I call…
It has been two weeks since I had my left hip replaced, and I am making progress. I went from walker to a two-cane method, to a one-cane method, mostly for extra balance and getting up-stairs. One goal was to go from walker to cane by Thanksgiving, and I made…
I have a new hip! I should probably qualify and clarify, that now both of my hips match — I just got a new left hip and now both left AND right are artificial hips. Trust me, getting an artificial hip is, altogether, a grand, wonderful, and satisfying experience, because…
The call came, as it did for many women — a few days after the mammogram. Something was seen, and a closer look was warranted.
Let me start at the end here — I am fine. No worries, no need for concern, no need for alarm, I’m lucky. When I…
