Duly Noted
What’s one habit that has improved your life the most? Journaling has literally saved my life. When I received my first diary in the 3rd grade I didn’t realize how integral to my life this habit would be. Many decades later, writing saved me when nothing else could.
The Ultimate Compliment
A neighbor's offhand compliment becomes proof I escaped my mother's script entirely. On being told you're nothing like the woman who raised you.
Dear Stupid Ass Neighbors,
A letter my neighbors will never read. About gossip, corruption, and the survival logic that outlives the war that made it. Turns out it sounds familiar.
Not the Captain
I took the council seat. I'm not taking the presidency too. On refusing to captain a ship full of people who'd rather go down with it.
Music Roulette 9 ~ Jagged Little Playlist
It is common for music to trigger involuntary memories. Without trying, a song plays, and a recollection pops up without trying. Music shows up during everyday activities, and we pay it no mind. We listen to music while commuting, working out, doing chores, and the mind wanders and old memories come wandering out. I’d like to evoke some autobiographical music encoded memories. Time for another round of music roulette. Let’s see what memories emerge from this random playlist of uncurated songs.
