A while back I posted about how the university I attended for grad school received extensive damage from a tornado in March. On Friday, my sister graduated form the same university and I got to see parts

I don't know if anyone can ever accuse me of being a positive person. I'm unabashedly logical and pragmatic. I call things as I logically or practically see them. If that makes the glass half empty, well,

I needed a dinosaur fix - something to placate me until the sequel to Jurassic World releases in June, so I read Jurassic Park. This was my first read-through of Jurassic Park and my first Michael Crichton

In general, we keep Pixie's diet free of all the human goodies - something she's never come to understand completely or forgive. We occasionally do hide pills in peanut butter, but for the most part, all

I think I could blog about our lives post neck injury and onset of symptoms every day for two weeks and not cover everything that has happened, everything that we have learned, or the number of ways it

The Present Pixabay image From August to early December 2017, @millennialnow's progress would finally become tangible. The setback caused by surgery no longer seemed a big deal. On one particularly wet

The Next Steps ( This is a continuation of Part One. Read it here. In the fall of 2016 after having tried various medications, chiropractic treatments, physical therapy, and nerve blocks, @millennialnow

On Saturday night, I helped @millennialnow fill up his pill box. My only job was to painstakingly remove one medicine, one pill at a time, out of the blister pack in which it came. The fact that an almost

Pixabay image If you were to ask me what my favorite genres of music are, I would happily respond with classical and rock. I either like to be soothed by a full orchestra or moved by the sounds of heavy

"Ode to a Sunny Day" is another poem I wrote in college for one of my literature survey courses. I decided to share it with you because many of us in the U.S. are still dealing with stubborn,

Today is my first of four days off work! Pixabay Image I like to take a day or two off work periodically to provide myself a break from work. Corporate life can be challenging and demanding. If you don't

I love reading, but I have to confess that since I began my Steemit journey two months ago, I haven't read anything. Steemit posts, yes. Books, no. It's not that I haven't wanted to read. I have. I just

Do you ever get writer's block because you have so many things you want to write about or say that you can't settle on any one topic? source That definitely describes my current predicament. I've got no

Sorry for not posting last night. We had a super busy Monday, but I'm ready to reveal the one lie and the winner of this contest. I've been looking forward to this post all week, so let's get started.

Ah poetry! We're old friends you and I / It's been some time since we last met / Shall we, at last, meet again? I haven't actively written poetry in years. I can't remember the last time I actually did

On Monday night, a spate of tornadoes flared up across the northern and north-central parts of Alabama. There were no serious injuries or fatalities, but these tornadoes caused a massive amount of damage

Okay so here goes. 10 truths about me & 1 lie. Can you guess the lie? The Challenge I have been challenged by @peggyhazelwood to post 10 truths and 1 lie about myself. Your mission, should you choose

Now I lay me down to sleep to lay awake and count the sheep When I first went to see my Physician's Assistant last year about my desire to actually get some sleep at night, I had struggled with sleep for

As some of you may remember, Her Highness (Pixie), was diagnosed with a compressed disk several weeks ago. You can read more about that here. Thankfully, she's doing much better. She's definitely back

I Want You To Give Me Your Ideas Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the content I post on Steemit. Okay fine, I always think a lot about the content I post on Steemit; however, more recently, my thoughts