• We will not back down. We will not go quietly.

    I haven’t written in quite a while.  Not on my blog, and not anywhere else except the occasional post on Bluesky.  I’ve been busy and it has meant less time for things like posting.  I’m considering starting a Substack, so I’m posting this in both places to see what happens.  Friday I went to our…

  • 2024 Wrap Up

    TL;DR: This year has been ridiculous.  There have been some ups and a lot of downs.  Mostly ups personally, mostly downs politically. I finally began organizing my beautiful disaster of a house.  We got new windows in September which required making room for the installers to be able to move around, so we began sorting…

  • Trans Day of Remembrance

    The list below is from the 2024 Remembrance Report on the Trans Remembrance Project site. This is the 25th anniversary of the Trans Day of Remembrance. Every year, the list is longer. It is compiled each year from November of the previous year to October of the current year. I include this years list so…

  • November start

    A little later in the month to be “starting” but given what we all went through last week I think you’ll forgive me. This month started with hope and then moved to numbness and then anger. I took this weekend off to concentrate on my own and my younger kids mental health. We went to…

  • Where do we go from here?

    Life has taken a turn. So many of us were hopeful that Trump could not possibly get re-elected. He’s a racist. A fascist. A misogynist. A rapist. A criminal. A liar. Yet more than half of our country just voted him in. I’m angry. I’m frightened for my family, friends and neighbors who will be…

  • Screams and Shadows: Horror movies I’ve watched recently

    I’ve been watching horror movies, which is the usual for me, but I feel like I’ve watched all of them now.  I don’t like “slasher” films, but anything with ghosts or possession I’m there for.  Psychological horror is good too, although it’s my second choice.  I’m out of English language films and it’s harder to…

  • October Start

    It’s October!  I feel like I just wrote my September post! I know everyone says it, but it just goes by so fast.  Fall is bittersweet for me.  I THRIVE in the summer.  It is my favorite season by far.  I love even the hottest of days (I might not if I didn’t have air…

  • Its been a busy few weeks!

    A week ago (18th-20th) I was in Boston for the HubSpot INBOUND24 conference.  HubSpot is the marketing and email program we use at work.  The conference was all of the things: amazing, informative, bright, crowded, impressive and exhausting.  I loved it, but I’m very glad it wasn’t more than three days. I don’t think I…

  • One week in

    We’re one week into September already.  School has started, albeit slowly for us.  My youngest homeschools.  She’s in her Junior year of high school so is fairly self-sufficient.  She takes classes online and I help with things like math when she gets stuck or learning how to write papers of all sorts, which her in-school…

  • Charlie update

    Charlie is fine.  It took two vet visits and a number of medications, but he basically had an upset stomach and is kind of a drama queen.  Even the vet thought it was serious because he wasn’t eating or drinking for a few days, but after an X-ray to rule out an intestinal blockage and…

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