Shade and Sweetwater

From time to time (read: almost every dang day), I find myself stroking my chin thoughtfully (or, more likely, in pensive confusion over the...

Tink (wooden bead on the end of the fan pull, hitting the light fixture) Tink-a-tink Thunkatythunk (cat jumping down from somewhere she prob...

I have tattoos. Six of them. I want more. Many, many more. There is something addictive in tattoo ink, I'm almost certain.  Ever since t...

I'm struggling with myself right now.  I'm feeling tired and worn, not entirely physically and in ways that mere sleep cannot mend. ...

Well it started nicely enough with a long snuggle with Sprout on the big comfy bed and a slow wake up. She asked for a bologna sandwich for ...

I have a new boyfriend. I met him at Lowe's a couple of months ago.  Mom was with me, and she thought he was pretty nice, too.  She appr...

Wait, what do you mean I have to buy a ticket? Well. That explains a lot. Ahem. One of my little pastimes is to imagine what I might do with...

Casa de Crazy is a wealth of electrical oddities. Half of the electrical outlets in my kitchen don't work.  Neither do half of the ones ...

I have a doctor's appointment today.  Nothing untoward, just a simple check-up. I will make it a multi-purpose trip - the doc is up ne...

I have caught yet another cold.  I must say, this is something of an oddity for me.  I don't usually catch colds, but in the last three ...

Rights are rights, right?  I mean...if we say that people have the right to free speech, we aren't saying only SOME people have that rig...

I am wondering how it is I can feel both immensely heavy and entirely empty at the same time.  Every movement is leaden - I feel as though I...

I smiled today. Big deal, right? Well, yeah, kinda. Not tired, wan, sad, fleeting, this smile. It was genuine.  It made it all the w...

Y'all, I am near my breaking point. Tell me a joke, or something funny, wouldja? See if you can put a smile on my face, because I'm...

Last Saturday our neighbors gave us a ham. A random ham. Weird, no? Not really. He works at the local food bank, and when they have food...

When I was in the fifth grade, I had a teacher who thought our class could use learning the difference between "wants" and "n...

Casa de Crazy, before breakfast. Subject has been awake for thirty minutes. *What do you do all day?* Nothing. Well, I guess you can't.....

My name is not Steve. There is no portion of my anatomy that needs lengthening, hardening, or improved endurance. I don't know who ...

I am a little concerned about the Evil Genius. Either he's suffering from a traumatic head injury that he failed to tell me about or...o...

Sometime this evening, Someone will be home. Whew, we've missed him! As soon as he gets home, we'll have to get his laundry done an...