Category: Going Mental
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Picking Up the Pace for 2026
Just over a week into 2026, and the pace is picking up. Fortunately, we started the year off very slowly to recharge the batteries. In fact, I spent three full days 90% offline. I do not know that 100% is fully possible unless I also went off-grid, but I still like my creature comforts. Plus,…
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Good-bye 2025
Well, well, it has been more than a hot minute since I last wrote. My mojo for writing anything outside of my novel and journal was more or less lost. I have been percolating ideas, but also I have been pushing aside the voices in my head out of _____ (fill in the blank with…
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Checking In
Again, I am still here. I have lots to share, but time has flown by as I walked the Camino de Santiago from the 8th to the 20th. Some thoughts arose, some ideas percolated to the top, some desires were let go. So, as I process, I shall update. Overall, though, I appreciated the simple…
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Still Alive
Just thought I would pop on here to say, I’m still alive. On one hand, I cannot believe August and September flew by without me writing here at all. On the other hand, I have been writing my OSH’s newsletters, which in some ways have taken my content from this space. So, if you do…
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Gratitude For Flat
Life continues to move forward. I am not yet fully in a headspace where I know what to write here, which is a rarity. It’s not that I am necessarily depressed nor dwelling on any kind of grief. My intellectual brain says, “They were just dogs.” My heart says, “They were my babies.” My soul…
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R.I.P. Monty and Peanut…
Well, it’s taken me almost a month to be able to post about this or to write on here at all. I have been avoiding emotional processing of the loss of these two beautiful souls. At the beginning, I sobbed. I spent hours rewatching videos over the three short years we had with them. I…
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A Long Weekend in England
It started in a castle and ended with an Afternoon Tea. We had a long weekend away to England flying in and out of Bristol, with a drive to Devon/Tavistock, then the beachside in Instow and a final day back in Bristol before our early flight home. It was a lot of fun and fairly…
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Health: Hysterectomy Post-Op Week 3
Things are looking up in terms of returning to a “normal” way of life. I’ve been to the doctor again for an ultrasound check. Unfortunately, this revealed there is still some inflammation and liquid in my large intestine from the operation, but she didn’t seem overly worried about it. So, I am on some more…
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Health: Hysterectomy Post-Op Week 2
Two weeks. It feels like the longest two weeks ever, yet my healing is coming along so nicely that I can see an end to the slow days and movements not too far in the near future. These days, I have been up and about more in the mornings. This is when I get house…
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Had Better Days…
It’s been just over a week now since O-day. Overall, everything seems good in terms of the healing. I’m still generally off the pain meds, but still taking some arnica montana 30c a few times throughout the day. However, the mood the last couple of days has been less than stellar. Probably, my insides are…
