Everyday Essentials Lost

Everyday Essentials Lost

We’ve all acclimated to the phenomen of one sock of a pair vanishing while tumbling in the dryer, never to be seen again. Right, Constant Reader? While a matched set of socks are required for public wear, such as while jogging, I don’t jog, so it’s...
News Caboose

News Caboose

So, on Thursday, October 24, I endured a lumbar spinal puncture ordered by my specialty neurologist, who’s in the hunt for a diagnosis for my intermittent muscle spasms/joint jerks. For nearly four years, this disturbing condition has ruled my life to varying...
FaceTime is not for Me

FaceTime is not for Me

I love the telephone; it can be so intimate. The voice carries so much humanity, even the silent pauses speak… Its communication facility keeps our loved ones who live in Elsewhere, USA, near and dear. But I’m not too fond of FaceTime. It’s a quirk of...
Sleeping with a Terrorist

Sleeping with a Terrorist

I have lived with a terrorist for over three years. It’s not the human variety, so banish your dark thoughts about my husband.  My wonderful man would rescue me by any means he could. He’s a great sidekick. He’s got my back. Further, he’d step in...
Triggers and Bad Taste

Triggers and Bad Taste

Everybody has people, places, things, and events that craze or enrage them. Everybody has triggers and hot buttons that must not be pushed multiple times! Image by <a...
The Control Monster

The Control Monster

One of the worst roadblocks to Happiness is a person I call the Control Monster. This person’s needs for security – a constant hole in her soul that must continually be refilled – override anyone else’s needs. She, and others like her, only...