Spiritual evolution — My Person is a huge Stephen King fan. She and I spent the-hell-known-as-high-school together. And even though she lives in our hometown and I’m hundreds of miles away in North Carolina, we still chat a lot. …

Finding peace in the chaos — So many Humans are afraid. The world seems to be literally on fire. Climate change, war, pandemic, death — we can easily recognize The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse. And yet, in the entire history of the planet — Life has always walked with famine, pestilence, war, and death. Why…

The Pirate/Owl & The Witch/Wolf Series — I didn’t begin this story as a series, however, The Pirate/Owl and The Witch/Wolf keep making appearances around here with things to share. Here is their continuing story — all in one place. More or less in some kind of cosmic order — not in the order I wrote it…

Thoughts from a professional masker — As a former OR nurse, I just don’t see what the big deal is. I worked 40+ hours a week, in a mask. For most of my nursing career. With asthma. It’s not like anyone is taking away our guns. Goddess Forbid! I know for a fact masks work to…

Every nurse, every where has them — I retired after 26+ years as a nurse. Sometimes the enormity of that still hits me square in the face. All. The. Patients. I touched in My Life. And All. The. Patients. who touched me. A lot of them are gone. The number one rule in healthcare has always been…

Prompt: Technology — It’s in my DNA — My father was a tool and die maker by trade, long before I was born. He loved machinery and gadgets. We were the first family on our block to have a microwave oven way back in 1968. He used to tell me never to blame a piece of machinery for…

I think not — I’ve read several pieces of late regarding how we literally fade as we age. For awhile that had also been my experience, especially in the workplace. But some where along the line — something shifted. Perhaps my attitude — all the fucks I finally don’t give — was responsible. Perhaps…

Finding the loopholes — Last week my HOA sent out an email notifying my development that bird feeders were no longer going to be allowed. Apparently, with the various bird diseases that have been around the last couple of seasons and with various complaints regarding the mess they can produce — my HOA decided…

You are never too old — From 5th grade through my senior year of high school, I took piano lessons. I was a horrible student and hated to practice. I wanted to quit so badly. But my father would remind me that this is what my mother would have wanted — so I went through the…