In my corporate 9-5 job there is a lot of discussion about finding & retaining "top talent" and how "skilled professionals" are scarce. These are sometimes extremely difficult conversations for me to engage in. Sometimes, after one of these I have to go to the bathroom and sit in a stall for a few minutes… Continue reading Politics: “Top Talent” Scarcity
Category: Memories
Life Memories: Lizard
Genkii just brought me a lizard. My indoor only -not-a-hunter cat brought me a lizard. A teeny-tiny little thing. I squealed (benefits of being a female, no one is shocked when I react strongly to things like a lizard in my living room). So he drops said lizard (with a look of surprise) and it scurries under… Continue reading Life Memories: Lizard
Life Event: Charlottesville
I almost posted Sunday. That is when I saw the news. Saturday I had disconnected and was (blessedly) unaware of what went down "in real time." I saw blessedly because I've seen streams of tweets and such that made things sound WORSE then reality - so by only reading up later I was able to… Continue reading Life Event: Charlottesville
Musings: Time for Craft
I like to feel creative. This past weekend I cleaned up my "craft corner." Unburied my sewing machine (God I want to be able to sew my own clothes). Found my calligraphy pen - nibs are still missing, but I still have 2 boxes to deal with. Pulled out my watercolor paints and put a… Continue reading Musings: Time for Craft
Musings: Perception
I have a strange life. Not literally, in a lot of ways it's very traditional. I'm cisgendered, white, hetersexually-married with the classic "house in the suburbs" (including a white picket fence actually) with a very corporate "normal" full-time job. And yet, I don't feel like I'm normal. I sometimes feel like at any moment I will… Continue reading Musings: Perception
Life: Health & Breathing
You know what is worse than having an asthma attack? Having an asthma attack for no apparent reason. So much in life is like that - as long as we understand the cause & effect of our actions somehow when "bad things" happen it's more acceptable to the brain. Like, if I go to a… Continue reading Life: Health & Breathing
Live Events: Injury
I sprained my thumb. It sounds so small, it seems so small - until I try to use my hand too much. And I do keep using it too much. So I hurt my thumb, I spend a day basically watching tv/movies & reading ('cause one-handed gaming is hard). I go to work that week. By… Continue reading Live Events: Injury
Life Events: Silence of 2017
I need to apologize for the silence of my blog. I could blame that life got in the way (it kind of did). I could blame my big book-organizing project (it kinda did). I could blame my day job (which is exhausting right now). But really, I just don't know what to write about. I… Continue reading Life Events: Silence of 2017
Manners: Blessings
Today is Easter. A notable Christian holiday. The important Christian holiday. I will hear a lot of "Hallelujah" and "blessings" today - both digitally on Facebook and from live people. I don't talk a lot about my faith. It is highly personal to me. I also have studied history - and I love church history.… Continue reading Manners: Blessings
Life Memories: Paper Anniversary
Last spring I ran away with the man I'm in love with and got married. God that is still a lot of a fun to say. This year, I took the week of our anniversary as vacation. It was very good, especially because I can't remember the last time I took a full week of… Continue reading Life Memories: Paper Anniversary
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