The last time I felt this hungover, Obama had just accepted the Democrats’ nomination for president. In 04. I remember watching his speech with FFJ and drinking a bit of gin and the next thing…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
The sudden & devastating end of a 20-year love affair
Once upon a time in the 1990s of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the daily newspapers you chose to read said a lot about you. Just like your preference for Pearl Jam over Nirvana or…
Stream-of-consciousness blogging my new red pajama pants
I just finished eating homemade macaroni & cheese (with kale) while wearing new red pajamas. It is taking all my energy to keep my eyes from rolling into the back of my head in a…
And then it was time to break her heart Or, this is how you tell your mom your biological father is dead
I cannot listen to The Avett Brothers’ song “Live and Die” without a few melancholy tears sliding down my face. The song will forever be associated with discovering my biological father had died. As I…
October 25, a day more sweet than bitter
I remember where I was on October 25, 1998. I was babysitting my one-year-old niece Jaycie while Sister #2 labored away giving birth to my nephew Maxwell. When we got that call that he was…
Confessions from the grocery store
We’re headed into Angry Hermit Season which means 80% of my face-to-face, non-computer-related socializing in the next four to five months will happen at the grocery store. To prepare you, darling ones, for the onslaught…