Having determined that we would replace the mattress, my husband set out again for the mattress store. Once again, I wasn’t sure what was ...

  Not long after I’d fallen in the night, my husband declared we needed a new mattress. He wanted to get a smaller mattress so I didn’t need...

  Sometime back in early November, as I walked on the treadmill, I lost my footing and began to fall. I caught myself on the bars around the...

I haven't worn makeup for several years now. I used to never go without it. However, during the pandemic, I stopped wearing it, because ...

I just finished listening to a fiction book, What Are You Going Through , by Sigrid Nunez (2020). It is literary fiction. It's about a w...

It was to be a simple task: drive my husband to Christiansburg, about 45 miles away, to retrieve the new vehicle a friend had purchased the ...

I am many things, but one thing I am not. I am no cook. Nor am I a connoisseur of foods. I do not know what most things on a fancy menu are....

I thought I'd join the federal workers who are listing the things they did last week in order to keep their jobs. So here you go: Washed...

I have fiber! I have fiber! Today I moved from the early 21st century to the now. I am no longer on DSL. I have fiber! This was a BIG DEAL. ...

Most days, I sit at home and do home stuff. But once or twice a week, I remember I have a car. So my busy days go like this: Wake up about 6...

I was looking out the window a few moments ago, and I saw a gigantic cat climbing up in a tree. Clearly there was a huge cat head, with a pa...

I am trying hard to be more positive about everything, from the upcoming election to my personal life to local folks with whom I must deal w...

Yesterday at the grocery store, a somewhat familiar sight from the past greeted me: Yes, the toilet paper was mostly gone. I attributed this...

I needed to run errands this morning. This is how the day went: I got up and began reading the news. The internet kept cutting in and out. I...

Something's gotta change. It's gotta be me. I've no f#cking idea how to go about it.

Right before the pandemic hit in March 2020, my husband and I went to the DMV and obtained our REAL IDs from the Commonwealth of Virginia. T...

Last year, frankly, was not a good year for us. Everything that could break, broke, or so it seemed. My husband was constantly patching trac...

Back when I had insomnia and would often wake at strange hours and not return to sleep, I tried many things to bring rest to my weary head. ...