Look, I am a big fan of redemption arcs. I love to see a bad guy made good, a 180 in the direction of the light, but in this life I don't think you or I or anyone owe the people who haven't considered us human for the last four years much of anything at… Continue reading Cruel To Be Kind
Category: Me
Today All I Can Think About Is The Tree
My goddamned phone won't let me think about anything else, so today, apparently, all my ire and anxiety is reserved solely for the 50 foot piece of nature that literally and figuratively uprooted and just fucked so much of my shit up. You'd think I would be concerned with the election, but I already expended… Continue reading Today All I Can Think About Is The Tree
Nontraditional NaNo and Me
It's National Novel Writing Month, and this will be the first time in a long time that I won't be participating in a normal way. I'm sort of sad about that, especially since I'm actually in the exact kind of mood that writing a first draft of something requires (the desire to just kinda go… Continue reading Nontraditional NaNo and Me
One Problem Sorted (And Health Insurance Is A Scam)
It wasn't terribly likely that it was a tumor, but I had no idea what else this fibrous lump on my jaw could possibly be, so naturally I thought it was the worst. I first noticed it back in late February. If anyone can ever remember back to that time, it's when Covid was just… Continue reading One Problem Sorted (And Health Insurance Is A Scam)
Jinx Is A Fun Word
I'm reticent to blog about personal issues until they're totally resolved. It's at least a little to do with superstition and my fear of jinxes, and probably a lot more to do with this one time when doing that sort of bit me in the ass. Here's that mini-story: On an older blog of mine… Continue reading Jinx Is A Fun Word
Losing
Four years ago when I woke in the wee hours of the morning after the 2016 presidential election to find out Donald Trump had been called as the winner and the House and Senate both went red, I sobbed. I was not crying because the candidates I voted and hoped for did not win, I… Continue reading Losing
It’s Been A Lot
Things in the world are weird right now, so Husband and I decided to make things even weirder and sell our house. Actually it's something we've been thinking about for quite a while, and with remote work and the general state of the world, now is just a great time to finally get out of… Continue reading It’s Been A Lot
The End of A Non-Existent Summer
Labor Day signifies the "end" of summer in much of the US. A last hurrah, usually marked with a party doing outdoor, summery things a final time before settling down into the coziness of fall. (Unless you live in the southern US where it will be summer for at least another month, if not two.)… Continue reading The End of A Non-Existent Summer
Goodbye, July!
A few things to celebrate: I won Camp NaNoWriMo! Another mostly-finished draft is done, and a future for Vacancy has been sealed. This series still needs a lot of work, but every day forward this month has been a massive step toward its publication date, and that feels amazing. I ended up topping out at… Continue reading Goodbye, July!
Clean Up
I trashed all my blog drafts, and then dusted them from the trash too. Are you sure you want to permanently delete this? Yes, cloud, BEGONE! I had some drafts from way back in 2018 still sitting around as if current Ashley was going to just pick up right where past Ashley left off. Ridiculous.… Continue reading Clean Up
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