Taking Care of Business

Well its that time of year again. Between two ranch dogs that never bathe and one human that sweats every endometriosis day, there always comes a point where the memory foam mattress becomes too grody and must be disposed of and replaced. The problem is, im always working two towns over during the business hours …

An Okra from the Greenhouse

The tuff shed green house was a hail mary last ditch effort to grow vegetables on my property. However, the grow lights were meant to be hung from chains and sit right down near the plants beneath them. The guy helping me install them said no theyd be fine up at the ceiling and there …

Trying to Make a Dent in the Seven Trees I Need to Plant Before Winter

As i get older and my auto immune disorder progresses i am forced to do things in a different way…slower and more incremental. It is endlessly frustrating because my mind still very much has adhd even if my body is heck bent on eating itself, and my brain only has two modes: “get shit done” …

My First Gun

I didnt tell my neighbor it was my birthday. I wasnt going to mention it unless we found something of interest. the information didnt seem relevant otherwise. He picked me up that morning and we went down to the gun show about half an hour after it started. It was at the veterans center. Everyone …

An Ongoing Problem that Required a More Permanent Solution

I live out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by caliche hills dotted with prickly pear and yucca surrounded by oak and cedar woods, peppered with the occasional elm, mimosa, or sumac tree. Rattlesnakes are a real and present issue. Now, if one keeps the lawn mowed, the snakes move on through. If one lets …

Making Cloth Dolls

3 years ago one of my friends’ granddaughters saw something on her shelf and said, “Nana, can i have that?” It was a cloth doll made by hand in Mexico…from a long time ago. My friend hesitated and then told her granddaughter that this doll was very special to her because it was given to …