There are countless metaphors for life: It’s a puzzle; it’s a book; it’s a song; it’s a dance; it’s a path; it’s a maze. Goodness,…
As 2011 winds to an end, I find myself reflecting on the year’s joys (and sorrows). It’s funny the way we do that – the way we…
Once again, I wanted to spend the day inside, hiding away from the world. I wanted to sit in and sulk and cry and feel…
Today has been quite a day; a day full of reminders that I meant to be a scholar. Meant to be a scholar. But I…
I don’t know what compelled me to play poet again today, but compelled I was, so you get to read my latest attempt at literary expression. I…
My life is made up of seconds. And I’m spending the next 600 hundred on a free-writing exercise. And you get to read all about…
Social lives are interesting things – and hard to define at times. Everyone seems to have one or want one. Or they want a better one or…
Before I graduated from university money was tight. My adult life, until shortly before I got married, was spent not spending money. No, really. Money…
I am now officially a marathon finisher! Can you believe it? No, neither can I. Today’s feat went much, much better than I expected. And…
A couple of nights before we had services for Paul in England*, a woman I know told me a story about feathers. She said when…
Last August I wrote a post titled Plus One, and for the months between then and now my life was thrown into this weird world…
I made my way up to Spokane today for my biometrics appointment as part of my visa application for The Big Move to Scotland. You…
Let me [re]introduce myself: I am Frances – version 3.x. And, much like all of us, I am still in beta. And now you may be wondering…
It’s Friday Eve and my foster daughter had a visit with her mum meaning I was on my own for dinner with plenty of time…
My lovely foster daughter is getting ready for a major life change and I’m amazed at how well she’s handling it. (Or how well she’s…
It’s been a bad day. It started good, but then something happened that caused me to come crashing down. I could tell you what that something…
Well, folks, the Bloomsday 12K results are in. But I’m going to get all melancholy for a bit before I get to that part. You…
Grief is one of those things you can’t really explain to someone who hasn’t gone through it. Even those of us who’ve experienced extreme grief…
One of the many tests my doctor ran as part of my annual exam last week was a vitamin D screening. She was worried that…
I have these conversations in my head where I shout at myself for being so stressed and unhappy and apathetic, then I tell myself to…