Hey Darling Ones, This blog will be twenty-one years old in six days. Send me bourbon. I’m having a lot of feelings and thoughts about this event that I’m hoping will coalesce into something I…
Posts tagged Jaycie
The COVID Diaries: Dead Flowers
Hi Darling Ones, Another lavender plant died in my custody. I didn’t even have this one for a week before it started to die! I was gonna say I killed it, but I think this…
The COVID Diaries: Cry
Dear Darling Ones, I have a shitty, throbbing headache brought on by a combination of dehydration and a salty dinner. I cried a whole bunch today — buckets and buckets of tears. Nothing catastrophic happened….
The COVID Diaries: Tastes Good Like a Winston Should
When Jaycie & Max were wee ones there were certain rules I’d make them recite before they could use my digital camera. No pictures of the TV No pictures of people’s butts Something else I…
Things I am Unabashedly Here For (An Abridged List)
All the first day of school pics. This day, Halloween, and the last day of school are really the only reason to keep Facebook active. Hanging out with my 21-year-old niece before she goes back…
Day 71 of 200: The JV Squad
As the niblings get older they don’t need ol’ Aunt Jodi very often. This breaks my heart a little because I miss when they would tell me stories about the Guam school for cute as…
Day 44 of 200: Miscellany About My Day
Tonight we had Jaycie’s farewell dinner. She leaves early in the a.m. tomorrow to drive back to Oregon for her junior year of college. I won’t get to see her until Thanksgiving. I will miss…
Day 40 of 200: Two, Two, Two Teen References in One Post
The first thing you should know is that the movie All the Boys I Loved Before does live up to all the hype. It’s sweet and charming and makes me wonder if there was a…
Day 4 of 200: Dinner & a Movie
Tonight might be the exact 23rd anniversary of the first time I saw “Clueless.” It was in July of 1995 at the Oakwood Mall with Kelly, a University of Kentucky photo intern at the Leader-Telegram….
Grieving the Election Day 1: Trying to Find My Hope
I’ve been looking at this empty white box on and off since about 8 o’clock this morning. That’s when I finally made it out of bed though I’d been up since 6. I spent the…