A Song Not Scored For Breathing

It's been so long since I have been here. I don't know what to write about the situation in the world. I've felt like that...

I wasn't up to speed from the moment I woke up this morning. I managed to get up and to my work computer with 4 minutes to spare. P...

TW - talk of sexual abuse. There's a reason that the tiger in the picture is sweating it out. Hmm. I just took a closer look and re...

I didn't know where the tears were coming from. They'd started at lunch time when Dearest One was sharing thoughts about his own ...

The day after  our drive  I woke early and lay in bed watching my thoughts. I wondered if this was my life now. At 57 I was taking care o...

I know by how fast he is driving that he hasn't seen the pothole we're about to hit and I grip the door handle to soften the impac...

We've had a touch of warmer weather lately which has been a welcome relief after 10 days of -40C to -50C with windchill. Brrrr. A g...

The saying in the photo over there must bother me because I found myself  purse lipped breathing  as I read it. I think it bothers me, ...

It's cold here. Bitterly cold. -53C with windchill last night. Windchill has kept us at highs in the -30s most of the week. I'm...

I've been holed up in my office for several hours trying to make order out of (paper) chaos. Trying to decipher receipts from outdate...

We were up at 4 this morning to catch a plane. I crawled into bed shortly after we got home and woke up past suppertime. So ya. It...

I'm still here. Haven't been able to gather my thoughts. Fighting fatigue that basically means I go to work and come home to spen...

I had great plans for this long weekend. Last week was my busiest week of work for the entire year. Getting through it without being woun...

How can it be that I find less time to write here now that there isn't a baby in the house? About ten days ago we helped our son gath...

Our infant grandson came home last night after being gone close to three weeks. Those weeks make such a difference in the life of a baby...

Isn't that what they call it when you are playing some kind of video game and you're going to the next level? I have no idea. My ...

I feel like I'm in some kind of emotional boot camp these past few days. Every day, sometimes multiple times a day, I type things on my...

It is late and everyone else is asleep. My brain is still busy and because, last night sleep was elusive, I best just type away until I can...

The meme that is attached to this post? I would've chucked it at you yesterday , were that possible. But today I felt desperate for som...

Most of my coworkers are on their last few days of work this week for the summer. I've yet to find out how many vacation days I have to...