10 years ago today, the unimaginable happened. I knew it was coming, I was just in denial that it ever really would. 10 years ago today, I lost my daddy. Watching someone you love and adore slowly disappear into the clutches of Parkinson’s over a period of many years is a truly cruel human experience. … Continue reading Life Is Uncertain, Eat Dessert First
This Is Not A Recipe Blog
Why should I blog in precise detail about how I frugal my food, make homemade house cleaners and personal products, or my recipe for whatever? There’s millions of people on the internet already doing that. That’s what Google is for, that’s how I find all my information. InstantPot Chicken Pizza? Nope, that’s not my original … Continue reading This Is Not A Recipe Blog
525,600 Lemons
How do you measure, measure all the things you can do with lemons? Thanks to Bay Area Blind Mom, I’m figuring that out. Inspired by my last post musing on the miracle of citrus and all my associated memories, including her Meyer lemon tree, she went the extra mile to harvest the ample winter crop … Continue reading 525,600 Lemons
When Life Gives You Lemons
Harvest Every Single Bit of Them I used to say, “make margaritas,” because I thought it was funny, though honestly, tequila is just not my drink of choice, and I don’t really think of margaritas when I think lemons. Wouldn’t that be limes, anyway? Come to think of it, my favorite follow up to “I … Continue reading When Life Gives You Lemons
21 for 2021: Let’s Get This Party Started
Theme for 2021: Librate The Things I CarryWhile I am in the habit of writing down all the things I want to leave in the previous year and ritualistically burning them in effigy on New Year’s Eve, I would be wise to also acknowledge what I am bringing with me from the previous year as … Continue reading 21 for 2021: Let’s Get This Party Started
20 for 2020: Creative Expression
2020 was a year of struggle to reclaim my mojo. In the face of all the overwhelm of an upside down work life, the ripple effects of social injustice reverberating loud and clear through 400 years of oppression, political dumpster fires burning in every headline and social media post, and a public health crisis of … Continue reading 20 for 2020: Creative Expression
20 for 2020: Get Your House In Order
A twenty-something me, left, pausing for a photo op with my mom at a family Christmas party. 2020 Bonus: Also Get Your Mom’s House in Order To say I grew up in houses that were cluttered is an understatement. My mom was a hoarder. I never gave much more than superficial thought to the degree … Continue reading 20 for 2020: Get Your House In Order
20 for 2020: Get Your Finances In Order
Of course there was no way of knowing when I set these targets that I’d not only be working to get my own financial house in order, I’d also be settling the many complicated affairs of my parents. Instead of spending weekends working on some of the other items in this list, spare time and … Continue reading 20 for 2020: Get Your Finances In Order
20 for 2020: A Look Back & A Look Forward
Theme for 2020: I got this Time again for the reckoning of my new anti-resolution tradition, my 20 for 2020. Particularly as the years go by, a seperate blog post for each one is way more than you want to read, and possibly more than I want to write, and besides, some of these items … Continue reading 20 for 2020: A Look Back & A Look Forward
Dram, Falernum, and the Blind: Rethink Pumpkin Spice and Rethink Blindness
What do pumpkin spice and blind people have in common? They are widely misunderstood, probably not what you think they are, and are made of many ingredients that might vary from one experience to another. More importantly, they both come out in full force in October, the former in celebration of the onset of fall … Continue reading Dram, Falernum, and the Blind: Rethink Pumpkin Spice and Rethink Blindness
