Thinking ahead... this year I will:

 1. change the way I take care of my physical body

2. write more

3. spend less time in mindless pursuits

4. spend more time with people

5. simplify, simplify, simplify  Read full post »

Last night I started and finished Ann Patchett's "Truth & Beauty". I'm hoping the new book club will be choosing less heavy fare in the months ahead. 

Because I've been in a funk since reading it, and I've worked too hard to unfunkify myself to sink back into the sticky black… Read full post »

My ex-husband is going to lose his house. Hopefully he will be able to sell short, and not just lose it through foreclosure. 

This day has been coming for a long time; since before we split up really, when we refinanced our original mortgage in the heady days of the 1990s and… Read full post »

My job situation has changed, again, this time without my foreknowledge or really even my consent. 

My boss and the über-boss called me in for a Meeting. I capitalize "meeting" because this was 1) not initiated by me, 2) both my bosses, and 3) usually means something important and nerve-rac… Read full post »

As the holidays approach again, I miss you.

 I miss your laugh, your bigger than life presence, your generosity, your bulk spilling over the chair.

I didn't think I would; I thought I would feel only relief when you were gone. Relief that I would not have to worry about what… Read full post »

For many years, I worked in the world of software, for one of the earliest pioneers in software for home users. We made educational programs for kids, mostly; that's what we were famous for, but also tools for printing banners and greeting cards, stuff like that, and an art program for… Read full post »

I'm still working, off and on while I complete a teaching credential, for a woman who believes herself to be a world-class leader in her field. She once was married to someone who was a web pioneer in the 80s and 90s, and they built a useful and innovative business providing… Read full post »

from Shakespeare's Sonnet XLIII

When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,
And darkly bright are bright in dark directed.

The phrase "Darkly Bright" serves as a apt pseudonym for me. One of those… Read full post »