How Can We Have Waited This Long?

Next year we are carving jack o' lanterns!

I Don't Care If It Is "All Natural"

My least favorite part of the tattoo process is slathering myself in corn oil based "Ink Fixx" because it makes me smell like a fry station in a diner and feels like Vaseline.

Permanence Has Its Perks

Now where ever I may go I shall have flowers, even in the dead of winter.

Little Puzzles

After using calculators almost exclusively for close to a year at work, doing the math in my head is refreshing and fun!

Insider Tips

In my experience, if someone is wearing a shirt that says "I'm With The Band" they aren't.

The Dehydrated Marshmallows Are My Favorite Part!

Hot chocolate weather is finally here!

You Can't Have It Both Ways

Only in North Carolina can there be a severe drought and a flood warning at the same time.

They Should Live In The Ocean, Not The Colon

You realize that you're getting old when polyps are not longer friendly sea creatures but forebearers of cancer.

I Somehow Doubt That Was Her Intention

Every time I see Ann Coulter's book How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must) I get the song "How To Talk To An Angel" stuck in my head.

Stagnation Breeds Destruction

I need to be challenged at work because the alternative is me losing interest, calling out repeatedly, and eventually becoming so dispassioned that I must either quit or become horribly depressed.

Getting Up At Six Has Some Perks

The sky was amazing this morning, filled with vivid pinks and purples, all on a swirled cloud backdrop.

They Deserve A Better Destiny

I have so many half finished thoughts in my draft folder that I fear may never see the light of day.

I'm Not Scared But She's Making A Mess

I think that my dead neighbor-lady might be haunting my kitchen.

Now There Is Something I Can Get Behind

Today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day but as I found this out only a few moments ago I shall have to wait until next year to celebrate.

My Confession

I am sometimes pleased when he leaves, as I enjoy my solitude at times, but I am never happier than when he returns.

Sometimes I Wish It Were True

It breaks my heart to hear one of my dearest friends talk about how she hopes that God will cure her mother of Paranoid Schizophrenia.

Images Of Bleak Beauty

No sooner do I realize that I do not have a camera that I find a dozen scenes I want to capture.

The Days Leading Up To These Were More Important Than Those Which Are Left

She only has a matter of days.

The Band Is Playing Somewhere, And Somewhere Hearts Are Light

Somewhere the leaves are changing colors and drifting to the ground instead of staying the same shade of green they always have been and remaining steadfastly attached to the trees.

Casper Is A Strange Name For A Tabby (Pumpkin Spice!) Cat

On the eve of my Duke appointment, I met a most wonderful kitty cat while sitting on the front steps of a house that I wish was mine while enjoying a season that does not seem to occur in my own town.

A Large Gathering Of Pumpkins Is Something To Celebrate

The sight of the annual pumpkin invasion of a local churchyard reminds me that while it does not necessarily feel like autumn, Halloween is quickly approaching.

They Can See You

When I am alone at night and the dogs start barking like mad at something outside, I begin to wish that we had blinds.

Change Isn't Always Good

Sometimes they don't move you from ICU because you are better; sometimes they just can't do anything else for you.

My Escape Route

I just want to curl up in my chair and read and read and read until I cease to exist.

Where Do I Belong?

I'd like to see the world from a different angle.

Hiss...Boom!

Tonight I was with my nephew when he saw fireworks for the first time, and I was filled with hope and happiness.

My Library ... My Children

The slow acquisition of first editions into my collection is both exciting and maddening.

HP Revisited

One thousand people all gathered in one place, with one common goal is a terribly frightful force to reckon with.

Openness Has Certain Perils

These thoughts are partitioned off for a reason and should I happen to feel a need to discuss them with you, I would hope that you have enough common decency to keep this new-found information to yourself.

I Get Such Nice Compliments

"I've never seen someone relaxing in the chair, reading a book while getting a tattoo before."

Preaching Hate To The Population

You know the day is going to be bad when the first book you sell is the new Ann Coulter.