Author Archives: snookiesblog

Watching the snow fall this morning reminds me of all the forces of Mother Nature. Man’s belief in their own invincibility withers in the face of the gentle, but relentless, fall of snowflake on snowflake. The beauty of the array … Continue reading →

It’s been a lot of years since I’ve had to think about what this means. Looking out my kitchen window shows me a gentle world hibernating in it’s yearly rest. Soft flakes swirl to the ground and arrange themselves in … Continue reading →

First Thanksgiving after moving back home. It’s odd but even your loved ones have awkward moments between each other. Don’t know what I thought it was going to be like but it was odder than I expected. Nothing that needs … Continue reading →

I lost my tether to the world today. My touchstone, the center of who I am. I’m now floating in an undefined existence with no finite clue of where I’m drifting to. When you grow up, you exist in the … Continue reading →

I’ve decided this is my year of ‘magical’ thinking. I’m usually a pragmatist but the way the world is going in my insular little space isn’t making me feel safe nor confident. With Executive Orders coming like hummingbirds to a … Continue reading →

La La Land is inundated with rain this week. It’s a nice feeling since we’ve been on drought watch for 5 years now. Rainy weather makes me melancholy though. The sad drip, drip off the eaves sounds like the cry … Continue reading →

Since we all know ‘time’ is relative, I think back to my angry, thirsty, hungry youth where I felt I needed to fill every hour, every minute with ‘purpose’. Which, seen from this end,  can make youth annoying. Always running to … Continue reading →