by Mir | Jul 23, 2019 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
You may or may not recall that every few years my father and stepmother gather up their collective children and grandchildren and take us all somewhere to sit around eating ourselves silly and telling embarrassing stories about the past. It’s magical. My little...
by Mir | Jun 12, 2019 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Oh look! Something furry!!
Whoops, I left another one of those long gaps, huh? I didn’t mean to. I’ve just been so busy crying, you see. [Sidebar: EVERYTHING IS FINE. It’s so fine, it’s all-caps fine. I have to keep reminding myself of this. EVERYTHING IS FINE.] When I...
by Mir | May 16, 2019 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", My name is Grumplestiltskin, What do I do all day?
Oh my goodness, it’s been a week. Or two weeks. I’m not even sure. It all starts to blend together, you know? When last we spoke, I was enthusiastically embarking upon Project Rainbow, or—more specifically—the “simple” task of...
by Mir | May 2, 2019 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
I once worked a temp job for a small organization where I handled the copyediting for their newsletter, and I quickly learned that my boss’ biggest pet peeve was the correct (or, I guess more to the point, often incorrect) usage of “less” vs....
by Mir | Apr 16, 2019 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Hello! Sorry it’s been so long. In my defense, I was busy dying. I mean, OKAY, not DYING dying, just dying a little bit. Dying in the “dear God, I have woken up with a massive headache every day this week” and the “do I have a cold? a sinus...