by PJColando | Feb 1, 2022 | blog post
As 2021 becomes more of a rearview episode of my life and I feel less sting from the chaos it wrought, an interesting image has planted itself in my mind: a tent. Not the Girl Scout variety or the Army surplus tent that remains in our garage attic, the one my husband...
by PJColando | Nov 16, 2021 | blog post, rant
A coffee table book. Thick and chunky statements of varying topic, color, and worth. Do you have one… or two or three in a stack? Or are your books carefully clustered as art on floor-to-ceiling shelves? It seems to be the great home decor debate now that our...
by PJColando | Oct 26, 2021 | blog post, rant, sorrow, Uncategorized
My husband and I have booked a flight to the Midwest, compelled to visit an elderly relative who is hospitalized and hovering near death, no matter what his medical team tries to infuse to fight his illnesses. We’ve been cautioned to demur, by those close to...
by PJColando | Oct 19, 2021 | blog post, rant
My husband and I are from the Midwest. People are genuine, patriotic, and live without pretense there. We treasure our roots and our dear families who remain there. Yet we longed for adventure and that could only be found elsewhere. People who populate small towns are...
by PJColando | Sep 28, 2021 | blog post, Blonde, In the Pink
COVID has been a constant reality – almost unabated – since mid-March 2020. For 18 months we’ve put our lives on hold! Holy crap! We altered every routine and habit, whether held for fifty years or ten. Just to deal with an issue that got fumbled and...
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