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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Eternal Struggle

You know how sometimes the censor button on your mouth doesn't work so well? I had one of those moments yesterday. I was in the midst of a conversation with some colleaques and we were discussing the use of low-fat products and artificial sweeteners in cooking vs. just enjoying life and savoring full-flavored foods. Suddenly I heard myself say:

Life is too damn short;
My a** is too damn big.
Therein lies the eternal struggle.

To much hysterical laughter (mine and at my expense), I realize that sometimes the censor button is overridden for a reason. The truth must out.

So, I'm NOT going to feel guilty about the Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake (courtesy of Paula Deen) that I'm going to make this weekend. I'm not going to eat the whole thing after all; I'm making it to share. Plus, if I've remembered anything from the various blog posts and my reading materials* this week, life is too short to skimp -- whether it be on having fun or on enjoying butter and chocolate.

Me thinks there's an embroidered pillow or some dishtowels in there somewhere ...


*The Laws of Harmony by Judith R. Hendricks and Where the River Ends by Charles Martin

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