Has the World Become Bland?
I recently came a cross an article about how the world has become less colorful than it was 100 or even 50 years ago. You can read the original article here. There is a graph of bars of colors that get…
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Writing About Writing
Sometimes I don’t know what to write about. It feels weird to pick up the keyboard and just… sit with my fingers on the keys now knowing what to write. Should I talk about my life? Does that stuff matter? Should I make…
What Am I Supposed To Post About?
I have discovered something about social media. Writing about what you hate does a few things: It gives that thing power by drawing attention to it. Attention is power and will always augment the thing that the attention is being drawn…
Business Idea: Sober Adult Dance Clubs
I have business ideas every day that I am not going to do anything with. Instead of letting them die, I will post some here and maybe someone will find them and run with them. I am a mom and…
Positivity is Pragmatic
My life has improved every time I assume that those around me are well meaning and good people. This isn’t to say that people are always good. There are criminals and there are antisocial people. But the far majority of…
Multi-Passionate and Unapologetic
“Keep all your passions in your life.” ― Austin Kleon I find myself in my creative life “going off in all directions” a bit and being interested in about 30 different things at one time. In the present, I am…
30 Day Challenge: Walking 4 Miles Every Day – Day 21
Today was day 21 of walking 4 miles every day for 30 days. This challenge has been a total pain to keep in on our weekend days. During the work week I can sneak out for a 20 minute walk…
Motherhood is Sh*tty Sometimes
I was shown this post today on my facebook feed as something I wrote on the 30th of July 2018. At that time my son was about 8 months old. On the way to the car this morning I think…
Philosophy Friday – If You Leave Me a Nasty Comment
Someone read some of my blog posts and decided to try to tell me off. They left me one nice comment and then one mean comment that they copy/pasted onto every blog post I have written. I guess I touched a nerve…
Henry Has His First Swim Lesson
Today Henry, who is “almost 5” had a private swim lesson. We were nervous about how this would go. Henry loves water and swimming. But he is always in his life jacket and there is ALWAYS an adult hovering. A kid…