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June 27, 2020

Living on the edge with a notebook on my head

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I'm sitting at the computer with a notebook balanced flat on my head to remind me to sit still. It's another ploy to defeat the vert...
June 19, 2020

I cut my mother's hair in the emergency room

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On Wednesday morning the light inside my refrigerator burned out with a pop at 6:30 am when I opened the door. Not a good sign, I thought. I...
June 14, 2020

What to do about vertigo and ear crackling

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If you clicked on this link in the desperate hope of finding a solution to the ear crackling torture that is keeping you awake at night, you...
June 07, 2020

Exit-seeking, stage right

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These days it seems as if the only words I find are platitudes: When it rains it pours. Well, it's either feast or famine. Well, you kno...
May 26, 2020

Covering one mask with another

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Every now and then I get a Facebook friend request from someone who knows someone I know. I check out their profile, and if they seem intere...
May 10, 2020

Looking for the new normal

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Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Sing it with me. Come on, Blobgots, I mean Blogbots, you know you want to, let me hear...
April 23, 2020

Manifesting introversion

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The world has gone mad. Blogger has zeroed out all my view counts. It's official. I have ceased to exist. I always suspected I wasn'...
April 12, 2020

What's fair to the cat

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It's a great time to be a microbe. Seven billion humans on the planet means lots of moist juicy lungs to explore, conveniently crowded i...
March 24, 2020

Alone. Alone, alone, alone

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Foraging for food has taken on a new tension in this surreal new world order. Never my favorite chore, now going to the grocery store means ...
March 18, 2020

Don't cry, it's just the end of civilization, not the end of the world

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Today was a lovely spring Wednesday in Mt. Tabor Park. With all this extra time on our hands, and all this lovely sunshine after last week...
March 15, 2020

The Chronic Malcontent does her part to flatten the curve

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Last week I did a stupid thing. I went to the hospital lab to get my blood drawn for a cholesterol test I've been postponing for months....
February 28, 2020

The chronic malcontent reads a book

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I would prefer to exist in the realm of the intellect, eschewing all things physical. I don't like remembering I have a body to inhabit ...
February 14, 2020

Not quite over it, thanks for asking

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Life goes on. I'm adapting to living life alone, just me in the Love Shack, bouncing from project to project, moment to moment. Now that...
January 26, 2020

A derailed life

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Today I donned rain gear and risked a walk in the park. As I kept one eye on the clouds, I thought about how I would describe the evolution ...
January 18, 2020

Take me with you

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The death of my cat smashed a hole in my life last week, leaving me a shattered mess. I've done my best to ride the waves of grief as I ...
January 14, 2020

The terrible no good very bad king hell bummer week

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I wish I could say it was my mother, but no, it was my cat. On Tuesday last week, I took him to the vet for his annual wellness exam. They c...
December 31, 2019

Happy new year from the Hellish Hand-Basket

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I'm relieved to have survived 2019. As I wait for 2020 to blow us all to smithereens, I am reflecting on some accomplishments, challenge...
December 22, 2019

Wishing you all the best in this stupid cold season

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On Friday night, Mom was just leaving the dining room as I came strolling down the hall from the back door, dripping from a strangely balmy ...