At a recent party we attended I found myself in like next to a gent I had met before, didnāt know his name and he probably didnāt know mine, but he said Hello! Iāve always been kindaā¦.socially inept, worried that I wonāt know what to say. I said, what have you been doing, just recently? … Continue reading Missed Opportunities
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This Side of the Grass
As you know my sister is dead. And last week my brother-in-law died. I mean we knew it was happening, butāIāve experienced this before: it begins to seem like the dying will go on forever. Death always makes a grand entrance, itās not like anything that preceded it. You canāt help but gasp. itās one … Continue reading This Side of the Grass
Centennial
My beloved house is about to turn 100! As might happen with any old lady, she just yesterday presented me with an unforeseen infirmity: a major plumbing issue. It seems nothing is forever, not even cast-iron pipes. This was a major letdown as I had to cancel my Solstice party on Friday. She needs major … Continue reading Centennial
What is a Woman?
You know those drawings that, as you stare at them, suddenly reveal themselves as some other image? The simplest on is the box: the surface which appears nearest to you flips back and forth. Or the famous one, wherein at first you see a girl sitting at her dressing table, and suddenly you see a … Continue reading What is a Woman?
Welcome to Rising Gorge
ā¦.in which I meditate upon the āgag factorā. Soātrigger warning: this is gonna getā¦eww, gross! Lately in Oklahoma, one public school had a āfundraiserā at which students licked peanut butter off of other studentsā bare toes. Followed quickly by a fundraiserā at another school, where the event was students licking each othersā armpits. (Before we … Continue reading Welcome to Rising Gorge
ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed! 