February’s Status

February’s Status

We are into the second month of 2022, the new year experienced with anticipation, anxiety and every emotion in between. Yesterday was my birthday, so yesterday’s theme was celebration elation! I adore birthday celebrations, especially now that the numbers are...
Life as a Miracle: Tiny Cupcake

Life as a Miracle: Tiny Cupcake

A diet began. Not out of preference, but out of necessity: I have no willpower and my weight had punched up. Groan.  😐 Yeah, my body was more than over-plump. I’d edged into fat. A while ago, but it was time. It was propitious because I’d have my...
Self-licensing

Self-licensing

My dietary aspirations have taken a pratfall again. It’s not my fault; it’s self-licensing. Never heard of the inherent human travail before? Here’s your definition of the Word of the Day: n. The unconscious tendency to allow yourself to do something...
Noise

Noise

Cars honking, leaf blower buzzing, ambulance chasing, copters chopping, radios blasting, dogs barking, toddlers wailing, a murder of crows cawing at a bobcat strolling the ‘hood… what do these have in common? No, this is not a parody of the ‘Twelve...
Self-licensing

Sincerely Yours

Dear Diet, Let’s break up. I didn’t lose the doc’s recommended ten pounds last year. Instead I’ve added three more since New Year’s. It’s a weighty matter – I give up. I’ll lose weight when I quit you. After all...