In some ways it was hard to be a little girl in the 70s. There weren’t very many female characters to identify with. Sesame Street only had Prairie Dawn who had a whispery voice and was a goody two-shoes. In other words, she annoyed me. Fortunately, I had absolutely no problem assigning gender to non-humans*. I …
Category Archives: In Memorium
Struggling with my thoughts
I have been working on this post for 4 days now. I keep getting about 300 words in and the deleting it all. My thoughts are all jumbled in my head and the words just don’t seem to want to cooperate. Every time I write a post I keep reminding myself that every one doesn’t …
Farewell Rosie
Our beloved Rosie was only 6 years old when we unexpectedly lost her yesterday. She was our sweetest, best tempered cat and we are all feeling her loss. Rosie joined our household about 5 years ago, along with her littermate Dancer and her adopted brother, Nom Nom. She and her brothers were all born feral …
This was not the post I planned to write
It has been a whirlwind summer and all of my attempts to get a blog post written have come to naught. Despite my best efforts to get work done today, my mood has been off and I finally gave up and decided to direct my energies blog-ward to see if that would help refocus me. …
Morning Reflections
This morning, I was sitting on my couch listening to music while drinking my coffee. This in itself is unusual, as I generally prefer silence before putting on my music and headphones for my daily walk. But something compelled me to break the silence this morning. I was listening to a station that plays a …
This and That
Father’s Day was never a particularly big deal in my family, so I didn’t think the first Father’s Day after my father’s passing would be problematic for me. Well, it turns out I was at least partially wrong. I still don’t anticipate the day itself being especially difficult for me. I’m sure I will think …
Getting Back on the Horse
Yesterday I was complaining that there is no users manual for grief. We used to default to the 5 stages of grief, but that proved to be based on people’ responses to facing their own death, not coping with the death of others. I’m not saying that there aren’t commonalities between the two responses, just …
Emerging from the Bubble
This is another post that I am struggling to write. This is the first time I have been on my computer since mid-February and it feels like it has been ages. As you know, my father’s health has been an issue for years, a couple of weeks ago it took a precipitous turn for the …
Farewell Sputnik, Farewell
This morning I learned that the sick cat I mentioned in this summer’s post, passed away yesterday evening. The news made me sad. Part of the sadness was the loss I could hear in his human’s voice when he gave me the news. Part of my sadness was because he was a cat I genuinely …
Teen Angst
I have some news to share with you all, and I hope you won’t find it too shocking. I am no longer a teenager. What? This isn’t news to you? Well then can someone explain to me why the 80’s are back? I have been looking at the lists of touring bands and an awful …