I previously have written about being the hostess for a posted writing challenge that is not all overly challenging. No, it should not be challenging just to complete, the challenge should be to write meaningfully and add to the group’s voice, if you are one of the people for whom the challenge will be designed. I should […]
Plotting and Scheming Out of the Darkness
I cannot seem to finish the posts I am writing. I lose interest with tasks if I do not complete them in one pass through. It is not exactly disinterest which I associate with depression. It is sort of a numbness. Rainy and cloudy days in Tucson, Winter’s arrival, might explain my blah-ness. Reacting to […]
Posting On vs. Writing About Life Stages
You can tell the academic in me is on home turf when I start talking about structure and function, about la lengue and la parole, about emic and etic. ( Note: This is a most semiotic post.) I have been writing posts non-stop this month. These past week has seen a lull in my posting. So I failed […]
Missed Comic, Cats and Coats.
I wanted to go see Sandra Bernhardt tonight, but I am trying to force myself to get everything ready for traveling back to Indiana. I have these mounds of clothing to go through. The new washer has been installed and in use for a week, but this has not been a normal week by […]
Some Thoughts on Death and Mourning
My brother passed away last weekend. Roger left us forever at five minutes after midnight on Sunday November 9th, 2014. I was on my way to the All Soul’s Procession, a wonderful contemporary community sharing of celebration of people’s lives and supportive public sharing of grief when I got the news via text on Sunday night. […]
Official Old Fart Entertainment
Last evening, even though my mind was elsewhere, I decided to still attend dinner theater for which we had purchased tickets. A friend, a political cartoonist, produces theater on the side. The most off off off broadway you can get is Great American Playhouse in Saddlebrook in Oro Valley. It is THE Old Farts Capital of […]