Posts by hamblog
health care, we have a problem. #3
Part one of this saga is here. Part two of this saga is here. This (all-true) story is bumming me out, so I’m going to power through all the rest of the details in this post. I’ll get to an epilogue in a couple days. So there I was, finally let in to see my…
Read Morehealth care, we have a problem. #2
Part one of this saga is here. When we last left the story, I barely got my stepdad John to the brusque and ham-handed doctor, who declared John had the flu. Before I allowed anyone to leave us, I demanded a flu shot for myself, which I got. John was too weak to get out…
Read Morehealth care, we have a problem. #1
I had a (hilariously) rough start to my vacation, way back on Christmas, and a (heartbreakingly) rough return at the end of the first week of January. I’ll cover the hilarious and wonderful stuff another post, but it’s time I record the hardest few days of my life, save for that time after mom died.…
Read Morehitting buttons, including the reset
Thank you, Jeana, for gently reminding me that it’s been some time since I’ve written anything here. She (as well as many of you) know how much I have going on, but it’s nice to know that some of my friends miss my online voice — as do I! I’m going to start very gently,…
Read Moreand tina louise and ellen burnstyn, too
My dear friend Polly blogged about this a few months ago, just proving that that girl lives inside my brain.. pretty much every world she writes resonates with me. She’s the best! Buy her crafts! The subject referred to is the film For Those Who Think Young, which is magically, mercifully on Netflix Streaming. It…
Read Morefirst minefield completed (only missing one to two limbs)
Hello, blog. It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving weekend. As we all know, the holidays are loaded and weird for me and this doesn’t seem to be a situation that changes with time. This one was actually pretty okay, and I would’ve been a lot more upbeat if I hadn’t engaged in a Stupid Pointless Argument*…
Read Moreswirl swirl swirl
I had a tense day or two, waiting for east coast friends and family to check in after superstorm Sandy* last week. I even got mad and yelled at Facebook for making all those stupid fake storm photos viral. And for that, I got a lot of “right ons” and a few “get over yourself”…
Read Morei think i know
I used to be a master-procrastinator, I could not be beat at the last minute life I led. I am much better about that kind of stuff, but for some reason, I had put off finishing a quilt that needed to be done absolutely by a certain date. I had plenty of time, I thought…
Read Moreit slowly dawns on my addled brain
I have been having to work at or near home a lot more lately (oh, the shenanigans of That Darn Elderly Relative), and — in order to force myself bathe and dress and interact with functioning humans — I often work from one of two cafes near-ish to my home. They’re both large chains (one…
Read Morecreative things in which i’ve been involved
I’ve been trying to step it up in the photography department. I have a decent camera, it’s the operator that’s been keeping things lame. I should know better, so I took a refresher course. The photo above is not representative of my hard work (this one I took with a point-n-shoot and then Photoshopped into…
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