Four years ago I started this blog as a way to work out some stuff I was going through. I had just ended a marriage, moved to a foreign country and turned my life completely upside down. I felt alone and guilty and hurt by the choices I had made and the things I couldn't control. Writing things here helped me work out some things during that time ( Read more... )

I moved stuff into storage today. On Wednesday i'll head upstate for some foodie fun and then it's off to LA ( Read more... )

Today was day one of aa two day garage/yard sale to divest my parents of excess stuff. Since they are being forced into smaller accommodations, it was agreed that they would not take their entire house full of 27 years of accumulated stuff. We prepared for this by not only throwing things up but by choosing things worth keeping and those worth ( Read more... )

It seems I have contracted a little bug from the raw milk I had at the farm. This is confirmed by the fact that the only other sick person was jarlsberg71 as we were the only 2 to drink the milk. So much for farm fresh. At least the custard wasn't deadly ( Read more... )

It' been a bad year for my parents to say the lest. My dad is in his early 70s, mom late 60s. they should technically be retired comfortably in Florida or some such plae living out their years in luxury. You would think this were possible given the comfortable privileged existence that I had growing up. Alas this was not meant to eb ( Read more... )

I am not fairing too well with the family here. I have been on my own long enough this time to no longer tolerate my family's habit of tearing each other to pieces while laughing about it. That sounds harsh, but I can assure you, it's accurate. It seems to be the favorite pastime. I endure Christmas eve, the larger family celebration where my ( Read more... )

"You should have been gone ( Read more... )