Mini Musings: You Can’t Stop the Beat

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. Someone (we won’t name who) is trying to get her shit together so that she can get back into the writing game. It’s been almost a year and a half since she has had any interest in putting her musings to blog. Life marched on and she somehow managed to take not only the road less taken, but the road that most people never even see. She fell into a life of leisure, sloth, and lethargy and finally (finally) decided to get a little bit of work done—here, there, and everywhere. …

Have I Become a Successful Coward?

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: blog · blogging · fear · funny · learning · life · nonfiction · self-improvement · story · wordpress · write · writing4 Comments

I wish that I could walk across the United States just once. None of that Forrest Gump back and forth bullshit for me–just one good trip to see if I could actually do it. How many miles would I be able to put in before I was ready to call a limo company and grab an air conditioned ride to the nearest town? Would I be able to triumph mind over matter when I inevitably came to the moment where I would systematically tear myself down for being the biggest loser on the planet because I forgot to bring a…

Chainsaw Murderer to the Rescue

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: adventure · bad choices · blog · blogging · chainsaw · fear · halloween · haunted house · humor · wordpress · write · writing11 Comments

I love Halloween. I love it so much that I have no problem proclaiming it my favorite holiday of the year. It’s kind of funny how this could even be possible considering I despise fall, I don’t care for much anything flavored pumpkin, and I don’t really get much enjoyment from scary pranks or costumes. I do, however, love coming up with fun costume ideas, planning Halloween parties for my family and for the library, and going to corn mazes. When I was younger it was a hell of a lot easier for me to get in the mood for…

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Categories: Facing FearsTags: activities · blog · blogging · emotions · entertainment · Facing Fears · fun · goals · happy · interesting · learning · write · writing30 Comments

As I was sitting at the library letting my mind wander from the totally scintillating task of fine filing children’s drawing books, I realized that I was kind of lame and pathetic. It’s a hell of a thing when one minute you’re contemplating whether How to Draw Your Favorite Super Hero gets filed before How to Draw Your Favorite Super Hero Pet and you are hit with the overwhelming feeling of suck. (How’s that for getting to the point?) While I knew that I was a pretty decent person with a pretty decent life, I also realized that I was…

No, You Can’t Make Me Like the Birds

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: biography · birds · blog · blogging · fears · funny · life · reality · short story · story · wordpress · write · writingLeave a comment

Birds suck. I don’t have any flowery way to impart that information to you other than being completely honest. I don’t like them. Well…maybe just a little bit. But they’re creepy and annoying and they stink to high hell. It’s actually kind of funny that I am sitting here even talking about the little devils, but I’ve got an itch in my brain about this and there’s no going on in life if I don’t get it scratched. And it all started because of a lunatic goose that tried to take my hand off at the lake… Every once in…

My, My, My, My Corona: What Day Is It?

March 30, 2020May 12, 2020 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: blog · corona virus · funny · funny story · humor · life · personal · story · word press · wordpress · writing3 Comments

I think I lost my kid. At last sighting he was running to the bathroom for a mandated “we’re pretending to have a life” session of washing his face and brushing his teeth and hair but I haven’t seen him since. I imagine he’s holed up downstairs trading virtual Pokemon with any person with a pulse or settled into the couch, knee deep into today’s brain suck of YouTube videos. I feel kind of like a loser, knowing that I have left my kid to his own devices lately, but what the hell? Kid is “enjoying” his last day of…

My, My, My, My Corona: My, My, My, My Life is Boring

March 17, 2020March 30, 2020 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: blog · corona virus · Covid-19 · family · fun · funny · humor · life · lifestyle · personal · random · rant · relationships · wordpress · writing2 Comments

It was a beautiful moment. Me, alone in my Mulan t-shirt (no jacket covering it since no one was around to see my arms), my favorite sweats, a couple of toothbrushes, and a can of Comet. The bright light of the vanity stretched to the bathtub only to be blocked my enormous dirty hair bun as I tried to scrub the grime out of faded bathtub caulk. The dirt flowed down the inside of the tub in a wave pattern that could only be accurately compared to the sand of a beautiful beach in Mexico–ebbing and flowing it’s way back…

My, My, My, My Corona: You Might Be Asking Too Much

I admit that I’m probably more scared about the Covid-19 virus than many people (finding things to stress about is a personal specialty) and I’m really having a hard time dealing with the strain. Not only do I have to worry about my health and the health of my loved ones, but I also have to suddenly be responsible for meals and education and (gasp!) boredom. Don’t get me wrong–I deal with this stuff on a daily basis–but it has never been to starkly obvious to me that I am now the HBIC. My library has told me to stay…

My (Not So) High Flying Adventure!

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 Categories: Facing FearsTags: fears · fun · funny · happiness · humor · mental · personal · photos · random · skydiving · wordpress · writing17 Comments

A few years ago I participated in one of the scariest events of my entire life. I had spent the month before in agony trying to decide if I truly had what it took to be strong and attempt the bravest thing I would ever decide to do. I knew that the payoff would be pride in the accomplishment, peace within myself and soaring to dizzying heights, but it was so hard to take the first step. It was so hard to believe that it was finally possible…to try indoor skydiving. Exhilaration achieved without jumping out of a plane! Doing…

The Day I Almost Died

September 21, 2017January 18, 2018 Categories: Facing Fears · Humor, Life, Observations · What A TripTags: adventure · blog · bloggers · blogging101 · fun · glenwood springs · scary · wordpress · write · writer · writing37 Comments

You have to understand that I am a middle of the road kind of person when it comes to almost anything in my life. I think and decide, and then re-think and re-decide, and then kind of come up with an opinion and then I definitely make a decision. And then I re-think it again. I’m hardly ever sure that I am absolutely correct in a situation and more often than not that theory has been proven true. When I was a kid I used to love Choose Your Own Adventure stories and I would read them ad nauseam. Only…

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