Over the past few weeks I’ve come to a two-part conclusion. I’m not comfortable buying lettuce at a grocery store any more. Not just now – ever. Sadly with our government picking off protection agencies like a preteen with a BB gun, I don’t trust anything any more. I’m going to start a window garden….
Updates, Downdates
This was a lot longer and very different entry. I debated how much to say, where to say it, whether to say anything at all. G had a stroke last weekend. It’s his second – the first was two years ago. He’s still very much alive, and still able to talk with relative clarity. He’s…
Climb Every Freaking Mountain
Things have settled down over the past few days – sort of. I’m still concerned about my sister, for a number of reasons, but can’t fix the things that concern me the most. I can’t make her choices, nor live her life for her. Last week was rough for different reasons. It was a loooong…
Tally Hoe
The past couple of weeks have been a crazy roller coaster. I spent a week at my sister’s house, which was a physical challenge for me but I would absolutely do it again. There’s so much going on, most I don’t have the right to share because it’s only peripherally my circus and monkeys. There…
Endings
This day took a sad, unexpected turn. 12 minutes before the end of my workday, my sister called me and asked me to come to her house. As in, right then. Given that she was midway through a course of chemotherapy, I was already calling my boss to say I was leaving. As it turned…



