Summertime means lots of good things like popsicles, ice cream and pool time. But here in Paraguay where temps easily go over 100 degrees on a daily basis, summer also means stinky. I fight two battle… more →
mccobbfamilywrote 1 month ago: I don’t count on airport toilets as a place to be uplifted, for the obvious reason that it is at the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Life is not fair. If a college dean/professor/boss/mayor gave a speech 49 minutes long, the crowd wo … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday afternoon, at work, our boss called for a meeting. It was an unannounced meeting, and he a … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Thank you, Haruki Murakami, for the title inspiration. I bake, when I bake, but I do more than bakin … more →
wrote 2 months ago: This glowing and moving love letter to Filipinos written by an American expatriate is hands-down, th … more →
wrote 3 months ago: (Tuesday night, yoga class)- I am always on edge when there is a new teacher. Will she turn out to b … more →
wrote 3 months ago: How to Keep Yourself Sane at Work: 1) Decorate your work space as MUCH as you like, go wild! Go nuts … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife. ~ Queen Victoria Dear Kate (can I call you … more →
wrote 3 months ago: (This post is about skirting obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies, but then My Affair with Lists … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. ~ Jea … more →
wrote 5 months ago: By Laura Here are some things that I keep in mind when my thesis threatens to overwhelm me: 1. Somed … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I never make conscious decisions. ~ Anthony Hopkins As you guys know, I recently won a $25 gift card … more →
wrote 7 months ago: That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she s … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I carry my lighter by my wrist Its tied on by a thoughtless knot Of red and pink colored rope Perhap … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. ~ K … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Quote; quotey quotey quote, quote? Quote quote! ~ Kathy V. Why didn’t I post today? I intended … more →
wrote 9 months ago: You can be childlike without being childish. ~ Christopher Meloni Here I go again. Another rant abou … more →
wrote 9 months ago: So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. ~ Edmund Wall … more →