The first time I went to the Ritz theater in downtown Austin I went alone. The Ritz is one of the Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters, […]
No Need To Burn Down The House
It gives me hope. Life is not only trauma and healing. Even the memories that used to burn me don’t hurt to look at now. My therapist once said to me, about my divorce, that someday I’ll get to the point where it was just something that happened. Not fresh and acidic in my thoughts. I admit I didn’t believe her.
The few and hopeful strategies of a girl who does not want to get sick
Sickness often comes at me like a train on tracks I’m shackled to … I tug at the chain but really all I can do is wait until I’m flattered. I don’t really have consistent strategies on early prevention when I get sick. I’m the person who always googles ‘how to stop a cold’ when I’m already cresting the worst of it. Then there are rumors of Emergen-C packets or Airborne or chicken noodle soup … some things are probably true.
The Purpose of Heartbreak
People come into our lives for a reason. I believe that amidst the randomness of loving and leaving and loving again that there is a purpose. Or maybe, that we give it purpose.
Alone, Not Lonely
I think it’s healthy to figure out how to be alone without feeling lonely.
The View from the Middle of the Bed
I threw off all the covers. I kicked and punched out. I woke upside down. I talked. I moved. I ended up with my shirt […]
Creating a Breakfast Pizza
2019 is my year of create, so I might as well create a few recipes. Last week: my own personal breakfast pizza. This was an unplanned experiment … I was hungry, I had eggs, I had pizza crust. But I’ve now had it three times this week! It made a beautiful post fitness class breakfast this morning:
Stumble & Keep Moving
The funk I’d been in all week broke yesterday. Funk for me = broken routines, lack of focus, unexplainable lethargy. But yesterday my body pulled […]
A Mini Fresh Start: Painting My Nails
I paint my nails a couple times a week, a relatively new routine. Most of my life nail paining was saved for special occasions or […]
Sanctuaries
I find a sanctuary on my balcony yestereve, with Einstein bulbs strung up and a blanket on my legs and a laptop on my lap where writing coming easier for once.