Category Archives: Daily blather

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Things

I dreamed my husband J was the 10th Doctor     There was a big celebration with the last three doctors all on different parts of a giant space ship   Each had a guide that kept him (mostly) out of the paths of the others. My Doctor was on the part of his timeline where he didn’t know he’d… (more…)

It is true life flashes before your eyes

just before you die. That is true. It’s called Life ~Terry Pratchett First of all I have to say how Terry Pratchett has shaped my adult life. I wish I could start every entry I ever write about so many things with what he’s done for me and for not killing myself. Terry Pratchett made me laugh in the bathtub… (more…)

Emily in my old Emily the Strange cat jacket

Emily in my old Emily the Strange cat jacket, a photo by jyllianm on Flickr. I saved this and saved this because I hoped in the back of my mind I’d have a daughter who could wear it one day. I wore this in my 20s. Obviously I was smaller and it has shrunk. It looks SO MUCH more adorable… (more…)

Bean on the way to her first private voice lesson

Bean on the way to her first private voice lesson, a photo by jyllianm on Flickr. It’s probably past time for her to start private voice lessons, but we know she is mature enough to handle the practice now. We usually both try to take her and then have a few moments of talk while she learns the skills that… (more…)

She asked how it works

She asked how it work, a photo by jyllianm on Flickr. It’s funny when you think about it. Some things just aren’t around anymore, things I took for granted the Bean has never really seen. Until we went to a vintage furniture store. And it was an odd and somehow touching moment to explain to her that phones when we… (more…)

Age

Suddenly I just discovered, these are my hands and they have always been. Torn cuticles, ridges. They were mine as I  wasn’t chosen to cheer, was chosen to debate and now as I hold a friend, a child, a husband and type another endless endless complaint or behave a bit of ether.   These are my legs, surprisingly. I thought… (more…)

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