This? Is the last day I will walk this earth in this skin. It's the last day I will breathe the air with these lungs. And it's the last day I will take clippers with the number one guard to my scalp. At least as a 50-year-old woman. Tomorrow? Is a day of FIRSTS. A … Continue reading Some Other Beginning’s End
Memorial Day. It's a holiday that honors those who have died in the service of their country. It's a Federal holiday, kicking off the summer with barbeques and potato salad. It offers an extended weekend, which of course means more time to do absolutely anything - including nothing. It's always the Monday before - and … Continue reading Potato Salad & Partying
Last month I got a new tattoo - a cursive letter B, the same that my bestie was busily having branded on her arm in the seat across from me. The B itself is meaningful to both of us, and is tightly wound into the silly nicknames we have for each other, and we each … Continue reading Just Do It, They Said
I am so incredibly fortunate, just so very lucky. Up to this point in my life, while I've lost some I've loved - my mother and baby brother among them, I have not lost a child. And that is a misfortune I cannot fathom bearing. An old friend of mine lost her 19-year-old son last … Continue reading Love, Peace, Strength
Okay, so here it is: I’m a pretty freaking okay person. I'm alright, but I'm a human - all falliable and stuff. I’m putting that out there because at this point in my life, it’s pretty important for those I interact with to understand that while I have pretty good self-confidence, I’m still a work … Continue reading The WIP
Weight gain. Nobody likes to talk about it. Noone wants to even acknowledge it unless for the purpose of bringing on a compliment - which I have zero judgment about, by the way - we all need a win, right? But y'all know me. I'm a shameless verbal vomiter when it comes to what I'm … Continue reading I Got Sunshine in a Bag
“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.” - Abraham Lincoln Truth is, my worries are a fraction of what ol’ Abe was facing right smack in the middle of the Civil War when he wrote these words, paraphrasing the poet Lord Byron’s Don Juan. And, just the same, that … Continue reading Bam, Perspective!
Last year, shortly after my 50th birthday and just growing out a shaved head from a multi-colored mohawk, I came across an article titled What Not to Wear After 50. I was pretty certain that my closet - and my entire style, really, piercings and all - were probably on that list, and sure enough … Continue reading Do You Need to Hear This?
Today as I cleaned the bathrooms of what is my home for the next several months, headphones jammed tightly into my ear canals, loud and throbbing heavy metal coursing within, I began pumping my fists in the air in time with music, singing alongside the vocalist in my best guteral growl. As I did, Trixie … Continue reading With These Hands
Yo, People! Guess what day it is?? Yup, May 20th - World Bee Day! Just a reminder to BEE nice, BEE the Queen you are, and BEE engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production! PSA concluded!
