The Fine Art of Avoidance
There are a lot of good quotes out there about avoidance. Here are a few:
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” – Virginia Woolf
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” — Abraham Lincoln
“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
If avoidance can be […]
Title Image: Pix4free.org “Changes Ahead” is licensed by CC BY-SA 3.0
Summer
I have been retired now for about 7 weeks from the University where I worked for almost 4 years (after selling our business). I worked my last day on a Friday at the end of May then got on a plane to Amsterdam on […]
Title image: Rawpixel “Butterflies” is licensed under Public Domain CC0 1.0 Universal Deed
This is the blog that I have put off writing since last September.
Last Fall
I took two weeks of intermittent FMLA (work leave) in early September 2024 when I flew across the country with my trans daughter to be her caretaker following […]
Title Image: Commons.wikimedia.com “Draw This Birthday Cake” is licensed under Public Domain CC0 1.0 Universal Deed
Yesterday
It was my younger daughter’s 28th birthday yesterday. I sent a “Happy Birthday wherever you are” message to what used to be her email address, the only form of contact (maybe) I have for her. Even that email contact […]
Title Image: Mother Tucking Children into Bed by Norman Rockwell licensed under public domain PDM 1.0 Deed
Norman Rockwell Paintings
I love Norman Rockwell paintings. I fully realize that they are the quintessential “Americana” portraits of life in the early to mid-twentieth century and as such are an idealized version of family life. Still, there is […]
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I chose the title image as it shows the relationship I think we all want with our daughters. The young daughter gives a gift of a pretty flower she picked just for her mom. The mom joyfully drops down to her daughter’s level to receive the […]
Title image: Flickr “Fact Check” is licensed under CC BY 2.0
My daughter is a Sociopath. I have been thinking about that word a lot lately, as if “sociopath” is a math problem that if I just concentrate long enough on, I can solve.
What does “sociopath” even mean? What does the label mean in terms […]
Photos taken by author
My blogs have been rather dark lately, so I am going to talk about a recent vacation instead. It was both an anniversary celebration and a fun “getaway” to Portland, a city that neither my husband and I had ever been to. Though I work hard to remain anonymous in this […]
Title image: RawPixel “Handcuff”, is Public Domain, licensed under CCO
The last time I wrote a blog (two weeks ago), I sat in a coffee shop and wrote while my daughter was being sentenced to prison in another state. I found out the details several days later when the sentence was posted online. This is […]
Blog title image credit: Stockvault “American Justice Illustration” licensed under Public Domain CCO
I should be at work but have taken the day off as part of a plan to get through a difficult day, like mentally preparing for the labor of delivering a baby. Labor is not at all fun but breathing through it […]
