Blog Posts

Welcome to my lovely world. Topics I tend to cover in my blog include current events, poetry and history. Have a question or comment? Don’t be shy!
  • Updates and scams

    I’ve updated my About and Writing I’ve Done for Work pages with my resume. Hire me! I also added a link to my Bluesky account. My nerves have settled down somewhat, and I’m able to use my brain somewhat creatively again. I’ve experienced two copywriting courses on Alison, one of which was so laden in…

  • Losing it

    It’s been a grim November so far. I’ve had trouble keeping it together, this gossamer it that I cup in my hands, quite broken. There’s no lack of duties I must accomplish, but I do it all with queasiness in the pit of my stomach, with exhaustion, a sense of dread and disappointment. I’ve started…

  • I was supposed to work on Election Day. But this weird thing happened.

    So I will be on the sidelines this election because I was laid off, along with apparently dozens of others. According to word on the street, it was another massive, companywide blood-letting, people being removed unceremoniously from the premises after years of dedicated work. “Business problems,” it was said. It was something I’d been worrying…

  • Toward the finish line

    We’re all looking for signs of hope.

  • Progress and rumination

    Hurray! I’ve made a little bit of progress today, adding a new page to this site, detailing some of the writing I’ve done for work. My big project today is relaxation and thinking about the future, which is also not relaxing but something I can’t help but do as I look around me and feel…

  • Historical research

    I’m invigorated by having gone to the Decatur Book Festival and hearing some excellent poets. Luckily the weather was pleasant, if a little warm, so I was unable to talk myself out of going, which I do too often, because of the long drive there. If it had been raining, I likely would’ve chickened out.…

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