I received three beautiful back issues of Artful Blogging. I'm really enjoying pouring over the lovely pages and soaking up inspiration. This blog has always been a hybrid. It's partly about traditional marriage, femininity, and gender roles. But it's also a diary of my life as a wife and mother. In addition to my work … Continue reading Blogging Life
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Short Update
Regular articles will be back soon. Today's life update is that we took an interesting tour of the Pentagon. Then I got fillings at the dentist. My inlaws seem to be enjoying themselves. Church will be virtual tomorrow because of the snow. I went to the Pentagon in my wheelchair because there's no way I … Continue reading Short Update
Sick
I don't know what's wrong with me, but I've been in bed all day exhausted and low. I feel so drained. I don't know how I get this tired except that some of my medicines make me tired. In the few minutes I was up, I just about finished Christmas shopping. Just maybe three more … Continue reading Sick
Aging
The other day, I wrote a stream of consciousness poem that revealed to me that I need to handle aging with more grace and a greater sense of hope. It was absolutely bleak. On Friday, a kind older gentleman stopped by the house to deliver something I'd bought from him. We ended up chatting, and … Continue reading Aging
The Creative Calling and the Trad Wife
Being a traditional wife, or trad wife, can be open a world of creative opportunity. My number one goal is to be a good wife and a good mother, but I also have a creative calling. I'm a poet who dabbles in nonfiction, short horror, and short science fiction. However, though literature was my mind's … Continue reading The Creative Calling and the Trad Wife
Nice Day
Today A had a birthday party to go to. We drove her 40 minutes there, and then C and I went out to lunch just the two of us. Our sweet exchange student L had chosen to stay home, so C and I got to go on a date. When we got home, C went … Continue reading Nice Day
The Tiktok Outrage is Pathetic
40 year old women doing stupid dance routines. Book recommendations for books that have already been read by anyone even vaguely interested in them. Life coaches who live in their mom's basement promising you a life of success if you just listen to them (and pay handsomely). What do all these moronic things/people have in … Continue reading The Tiktok Outrage is Pathetic
TikTok Ruins Minds
On my soapbox. I'm sick of Tiktok and what it's doing to us as Americans and the human race more broadly. It's destroying intellect and attention spans. It keeps people divided and fills their minds with trash. It keeps them locked in echo chambers.As a poet, I follow a lot of indie authors. I really … Continue reading TikTok Ruins Minds
Wonderful Day With my Man
Today the girls had school but my husband didn't have work, so he and I spent the day together. We took a lovely two hour drive and went to a Mexican restaurant I love. We chatted nonstop for 6 hours. It was glorious! We talked a lot about the future and upcoming changes for the … Continue reading Wonderful Day With my Man
Democrats Are Sore
""But muh rights!" It's sickening the number of women I have seen online today who are upset about Trump winning because they fear they won't be able to snuff the life out of their own children. It's horrifying. They find the idea of not banging every dude that will give them five minutes of his … Continue reading Democrats Are Sore
Life at Home 