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Eternity

My husband and I recently celebrated our twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. That’s a long time. It’s not half my life, but it’s darn close. I’m aware of the age of the…

The Sixth Love Language

According to that pop psychology book I haven’t read, the five love languages are         Allegedly what that means is that different people give and receive love in different ways.…

Between Us and Anarchy

I’ve always been a rules girl. A law and order girl[1], if you will. I believe deep in my heart that the only thing standing between us and complete anarchy…

A Glitch in the Simulation

For a while, when I was a teenager, I was obsessed with the idea of color. I got it into my head that there was no way to know if…

Guilt by Notification

I’m being bullied by marketing departments. I know that’s what it is. I know it’s not actually the critters they send with over-large eyes and disapproving expressions, but I’m unusually…

Silent Book Club

Let me introduce you to my new favorite social activity: the Silent Book Club. It’s such an amazing concept for us introverts, the ones who aren’t anti-social, but who prefer…

Merry Happy Everything

Back a thousand years ago when I had small, adorable children I managed to send out holiday cards.  I used templates to stick in pictures of the Dufflets, the world’s…

EverClear-ly Sober

This one goes out to all of my Gen X peeps who ever stood around a 40-gallon garbage can filled with Kool-Aid and grain alcohol in the late 80’s or…

It’s Pub Day!

It’s pub day, my friends! Devil’s Defense has officially been released into the world. You can find it online wherever you buy books, and in person at your favorite bookstore…

Some Good News

Friends. I have some good news for you. If you follow me on social media, you probably already know this due to my incessant, obnoxious posting, but if you don’t,…

Double-Factor Authentication Hell

To exit Hell, please enter your one-time double-factor authentication code we sent to an email address you no longer have the password to. I got a new computer. The screen…

Back to Bibs

I’m a crafty kind of gal, though one of the things I can’t really do is sew.  I wanted to learn, though, and so about twenty-five years ago, my mother…