So begins another. I've been thinking a lot about change and beginnings and endings a lot here lately. Yesterday, I took my last final and finished up with my school year. That in and of itself feels like

I don't know what was up with the animal kingdom this week, but holy hectares in Haiti were they full of it. By it, I mean mischief and general shenanigans. But let me not get ahead of myself. The first

Things have been full of all manner of scenes here, mostly scenes of me doing things and being randomly amused by the creatures who live on the farm with us. Over the last couple of days I have been

It sometimes occurs to me that even when I am feeling rough I am still quite busy. When I am feeling good I am almost otherworldly so. It's an odd thing that, as I love to do stuff, and it's much easier

I know it says it's been five days since my last post, but honestly, I just don't know how that can be. I mean, my body feels like it has been a millennium since my last missive, my brain is about

Today is a glorious day! I mean, all days are pretty dang glorious to moi, but today is especially glorious because at 12:02 P.M. my darling girl turned 20 years old! How in the dang world do I have a

The last two weeks have tested my mettle. And now that I have reached the end of that explosion of to-dos and tasks, I felt a need to just breathe, reflect, and snack. Okay, who's kidding here, I always

The Void was way more help than I required or desired. Three potato, two hundred and twenty-four! Okay, maybe not quite that many. In fact, this year I planted the least amount of potatoes that I have

Every time I am in town, especially around the holidays, and spy bags of scented pinecones for sale for crafting, I get a bit giggly. I have $$$ on the ground around me all of the time! Aside from burning

That's my word of the week, hurtle. I have been hurtling everywhere, living my life in fifteen minute blocks. It's amazing how being reduced from three vehicles to one made such an impact in my life, but

Even though I had more on my plate today than an enthusiastic buffet attendee, I still had homestead chores to attend to, so after running the boy to school because his truck is up in Bonners Ferry at

So, the last couple of days, while busy as usual, were also pretty fun. There were 2nd edition D&D interludes while snacking on slow roasted, smoked pork, a taco night MTG Commander-fest, a visit to

Okay, most topics are my favorite topic, but as someone with the stature and lifestyle of a Hobbit, I will say that food is pretty much my jam. Yes, that was probably a slather too far, but I am fond of

If the sun happens to come out during the final days of March, you will almost always find me outside with a pile of winter tree detritus burning and a rake in my hand. I'm actually quite curious if some

Even though I have been home for a couple days, thoughts of the Western Regional Junior Clay Target Championship are still fresh in my well-traveled mind. Now me, I am just Mom, I am present to provide

Holy mileage! Since last Wednesday, I haven't sat down other than to sleep. And that is not hyperbole. It's been an adventure! What am I blabbering about, and why was I gone from posting for almost two

For the first half of the day, I was deep in the world of DBT Distress Tolerance skills training and Case Study crafting. For the most part I am adoring my mental health clinician training, but a lot of

I spent most of the morning doing a deep dive into Internal Family Systems, also known as IFS. IFS is a type of therapy that asserts we are all made up of a family, an internal system, of multiple parts,

Every once in a while, when I have a spare moment and am scrolling a feed, I find myself getting a chuckle or two out of memes or posts that talk about how there will be signs someone won the lottery and

Tuesday night my Pops finally got to rest. For the last couple of months he's declined rapidly, which as anyone who has lost an elder family member knows is by no means a delightful process. My grandfather