I've come to a weird realization this past few months. I've always had problems with depression, starting when I was in 7th grade, but I've come to recognize that I also have anxiety issues. Today was an anxiety day ( Read more... )

So one of my projects for this next year was to work with some "wild" clay that I dug in Pennsylvania ( Read more... )

I find a great satisfaction in having a diagnosis when something is obviously wrong. When I was much younger, when I first was diagnosed with depression (disthymia actually), it was such a relief to know that this "thing" had a name. I had also feared a diagnosis because that would make what I had real, as in "you really are crazy, not just moody ( Read more... )

Woke up Monday a little after 8am. Let the dogs out and then started getting ready to work. Meanwhile, gravity was working and my spine did not have the reserves to resist. This marked the start of the worst pain I've ever been in ( Read more... )

Had a lovely weekend here in chilly Dallas ( Read more... )

The chill in the air and the thought of Christmas lights going up across the country started me thinking of Ed Clark's Christmas House in San Antonio. I hope the old man is doing well. Aside from being crazy, that is. But it's a benign and amazing type of crazy. "Momma Clark loved Christmas, and I loved Momma Clark ( Read more... )

Okay, going to try this again.


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Just to let everyone know, Will and I are no longer a couple as of about a month ago. I have a new phone number and a new address. Know that this was a long time coming and not a surprise ( Read more... )

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