Earl, and People in Glass Houses
When we tell people here that we’ve just moved from the Gulf Coast region, they nearly always say, “Ah! Then you’re used to this heat!” (Nobody gets used to heat like this. You just endure.) I’m...
View ArticleTime’s Running Out
I have to write about what’s going on with Mom. She wants me to, and I said I would, but… I keep getting lost in my emotions. Started a bunch of updates, in fact. All of them were dumped. It all...
View ArticleDear World (From an Angry Parent)
Waking up at 4 am because the mind is going TickTickTick sucks. Seriously. And while it would be reasonable to assume this is driven by worry about my Mom, the source of today’s baggy eyes installment...
View ArticleThis is the End for Me, Isn’t It
One of the most beautiful things about relationships is how different people meet different areas of need for one another. It’s not as if we deliberately pick and choose for such specificity, either;...
View ArticlePeace at Last
Helen Marie McCabe — aka Goldenrod — aka my mother — passed away very early this morning. I’ll be making arrangements for a memorial service soon. If you haven’t heard from me directly and wish to be...
View ArticleWishing You a Few Pleasant Days
Just 5 days before my mother passed away — the very day she was told she was almost out of time — a plant arrived. A lovely chrysanthemum that was about to bloom. It was flat-out covered with buds…...
View ArticleReflect.
I’ve spent much of the last week reflecting. On my mother, on me, on our relationship… The deeper I look, the more clarity I find. However painful it all is.
View ArticlePond Stalking
From almost the first day we arrived here, there’s been an enormous waterbird stalking our pond — no doubt because we have an abundance of these: Or should I say, we had an abundance. Daily visits to...
View ArticleSome promises for my daughter
I promise… to stop yelling at you. In return, you must promise to stop arguing every time you don’t get your way. I promise… to drive you to your various medical appointments. In return, you must...
View ArticleTo Hell and Back
She stormed through flames and fiery hell, A sad and angry soul; As I cried and raged behind her, Her life my only goal. Yet as she slipped away from me, her hand groped out behind; “Hold me, Mama....
View ArticleDemocrats and Republicans BOTH own this freaking mess
Dear Democrats: What in the hell were you thinking? She was a lousy candidate, but you couldn’t take your blinders off to see that. She was the very epitome of the entrenched political class, and...
View ArticleHello? Polimom? Are you there? ::knock knock::
Funny. The last post I wrote here was after the 2016 elections. I was pretty angry that day — but I was pretty angry a lot of the time at that point, so… meh. Life gets very hard sometimes, ya know?...
View ArticleA MAGA-Walk to Town
Yesterday I ran my first attempt at “If I wear a red MAGA hat, will I be transformed into some other person in the eyes of others?” And directly related: “Will I be treated differently?” Since I’m...
View ArticleNope. This is Not a Drill
I held back for quite awhile before I made up my mind whether this coronavirus was worse than the flu. I wanted data, not b.s. from countries like China. Thanks to our FedGov’s sheer incompetence, we...
View ArticleThe Balancing Act
Restaurants and malls and bars and dentists and hair dressers are either closing, or have radically cut down their output. Unemployment benefit claims are so numerous they’ve crashed the servers. An...
View ArticleMost Fascinating Architectural Sites in Valencia
Did you know the “City of Arts and Sciences” is one of the most fascinating architectural sites in #Valencia. Elia… Posted by GoPro on Friday, March 2, 2018 It’s no secret that the digital industry is...
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Artist Drawing New Paint in Blue Room
It’s no secret that the digital industry is booming. From exciting startups to global brands, companies are reaching out to digital agencies, responding to the new possibilities available. However, the...
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The Concepts 5 manuals is here! In full color with pics
Never underestimate the power of a sketch in accomplishing great things. Concept by @sketchwithipad, final by his talented design team. pic.twitter.com/xyOmPFEGti — Concepts (@ConceptsApp) May 27,...
View ArticleCollection of Cozy Rooms Interior Design
It’s no secret that the digital industry is booming. From exciting startups to global brands, companies are reaching out to digital agencies, responding to the new possibilities available. However,...
View ArticleSalmon Fish Farms with Floating Cages
It’s no secret that the digital industry is booming. From exciting startups to global brands, companies are reaching out to digital agencies, responding to the new possibilities available. However, the...
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