Tag: self care

  • One Good Thing

    One Good Thing

    Between my Beloved going to his annual work conference and being short-handed at work, it was a crazy week of intense work, followed by an extra shift at home. I usually plan all sorts of things for that week – I’ll finish the last season of Hacks and watch Sandman and paint fall things, and…

  • Bloom 11 – Ripples in the Water

    Bloom 11 – Ripples in the Water

    A year ago, Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, causing widespread destruction and devastation on a level you don’t want to see, much less experience. A year later, there is still a lot of work to do – this was a life-changing event for the small towns and rural areas of this region and…

  • One Good Thing

    One Good Thing

    Sometimes, things just come together in totally unexpected, yet joyful, ways. For instance, I have a very good friend named Joyce. For fifteen years – quite possibly longer – she has worked in journalism. Oh, the stories she’s told me – and I’ve been involved in at least one of them. (That one involved meeting…