March Madness (not that kind)

Yes of course the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is on while I’m writing this. But as much as I love the Big Dance, that’s not what I’m pontificating on today. Earlier this week US Senator Check Grassley, who has been in the Senate since 1981 and is approximately 279 years old, had a town hall in my town this past… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-21
Awkward Moments Day

While the origins of this holiday are lost to time, it’s probably not a coincidence that today is celebrated the day after St Patrick’s Day- a well known drinking holiday. It’s Awkward Moments Day. Alas, almost every day in my world is Awkward Moments Day. My mouth has a bad habit of not checking in with my brain before it… Read more »
Self-Care For Less!

One thing everyone can agree on is that it’s hard to find joy in today’s world. The cost of health care, food, and everything else keep going up. National and international politics are a shit show. The planet is becoming less and less hospitable to human life. The list goes on. Yet in spite of all of this, we do… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-14
National Good Samaritan Day
This is another one that is super easy to celebrate- it’s Good Samaritan Day! Even if you’ve never stepped foot into a Sunday School class you’ve heard the story of the Good Samaritan- the looked down upon outsider that stood up and did the right thing when all the supposed upstanding citizens looked the other way. We can all be… Read more »
I Need Sleep and I Want it at the Right Time

Once again, the scourge upon our lives known as Daylight Saving Time is here. Many people look forward to this stupid day because it means that the sun rises and sets later every day. Clearly I am not one of these people. I’ve made my feelings about the angry tangerine currently in the White House very clear, but he had… Read more »