There was a time not that long ago when I considered myself a stealth operator in the wild terrain of office hallways. Baseball cap pulled low, eyes fixed forward, stride purposeful. If there were an Olympic sport for avoiding small talk, I would have been on the podium, […]
We’ve known for a while that toddlers are tiny linguistic geniuses. They don’t need flashcards. They don’t need formal lessons. They just listen. They overhear conversations while stacking blocks or licking windows, and suddenly they’re using words you don’t even remember teaching them. It’s casual. It’s sneaky. It’s […]
I have a long-standing love affair with words. Some people collect stamps, others collect coins, and I collect words. But not just any words—those esoteric ones that most people might only encounter while playing Scrabble or reading a philosopher’s manifesto. My husband loved to throw around obscure terms […]
“Spirits” by The Strumbellas caught my ear this morning as I shuffled through my Monday commute, and as I hummed along, I started thinking about the other kind of spirits — the ones in my head. No, not the ghostly kind, but the relentless scripts that run circles […]
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I’ve been ghosting people long before the word was a thing. Back then, we didn’t call it “ghosting,” it was more like a silent exit—less spooky, more socially acceptable (or so I told myself). But there’s an […]
Ah, the familiar dance with silence – a symphony of unspoken words and pregnant pauses. Sometimes, we hit a wall in the conversation, where words falter and thoughts stutter to a halt. And you know what? That’s okay. In a world brimming with noise, silence isn’t just golden; […]
Most people these days far prefer to text than call someone. Picking up a phone call is such a chore. And, when the call had not been agreed to beforehand it’s an even more agregious act and chore. Nowadays, people just want to send 200 characters and feel […]
About every seven minutes in a conversation, a lull comes to a head. For a second or maybe a minute the conversation may stall. It happens. In a good social setting, it’s barely noticed. Sometimes, it becomes a loud silent vacuum. I have learned, the hard way, to […]
Lately, I’ve been in a bit of an irritated state of mind. I jokingly called it 27 days ago my vaccine rage state of mind. And, yes this means I get my second dose tomorrow. Lord knows what my mood will be like. It’s not the vaccine. Let […]
There is a lot going on in the world right now. To say the least. The year 2020 has just been one shock to the system after another. Our minds keep spinning wondering what’s next. As I sat the other night on the couch, I caught some supposed […]
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