It's time for my annual share of Xmas carols that I love. Let's start with this one. The Christians and the Pagans, by Dar Williams: https://youtu.be/t_KiHRHwaAs In other news, my rebounder came! I put it together last night without too much trouble, thanks to a little help from my daughter and MP. It actually takes … Continue reading In the Spirit…

I’m making a new committment to my health! Yes, I’m pretty sure I did this last year, right about the same time of year too. I know it was around November because when I invited other people to do it too, they were like, ”Um, it’s the holidays. No, maybe in January." Which was a … Continue reading Nothing New Under the Sun

Doctors, frigging doctors. Start a new medication. They tell me, x is a common side effect. Let us know if it persists beyond a week.It persists. I let them know. They tell me, Well, if you’re worried about it, make an appointment and come in. Really? Feels like a bait and switch, you know? I … Continue reading Parenthetically, Bodies and Such

Y'all might not know it from my presence here, but I'm a bit of a Pollyanna. I say that with pride these days, although it used to make me feel silly. But Pollyanna was a child who knew sorrow at an early age and had developed her own strategy (with the help of her father) … Continue reading A Day of Thanks

You know, I might have said this here before. Because my life spirals round and round, I find myself in almost the same spots over and over again. For example, there's a meme going around FB that I keep starting to comment on or repost and disagree with. I had my commentary all prepared in … Continue reading On Strike

Just when I thought my submission was dead, I was scrolling through FB, in my relatively vanilla, real life persona, and ran across this. This was a post from a group I belong to that is not labeled BDSM, that has thousands of members. The post got 3.3 K likes and 267 comments, most of … Continue reading Just When I Thought My Submission Was Dead…

Today, I made chicken vegetable soup. I don’t think it’s as good as the last time I made it, but it’s not half bad. I had it for dinner, with some fancy multi-grain bread from the bakery. Yum. I had some work stuff I needed to do and I did it. I got all the … Continue reading The Pleasures, 3

Ahhh elusive sleep. I have slept like crap the whole month of October, according to my Fitbit. And according to my body, which has apparently decided that 5 - 6 1/2 hours sleep a night is plenty. Sometimes I can't go to sleep. Sometimes I wake up too early. Sometimes, like last night, I seem … Continue reading Sleep?

I did my final round of marathon dentist visits yesterday. Not my last visit to the dentist, of course, but I think this was my last of the super long dental events. How long was it? (There's a joke in here sonewhere, but I'm not feeling it.) Seven and a half hours. That's how long … Continue reading Not Exactly Pleasure…

I know, that sounds like the title for a fantasy. Actually, it's not. I was just thinking about how I come over here and talk about the woes of my life on a regular basis when I have so many positive things that I seldom mention. So I thought I might start a series where … Continue reading The Pleasures, 1