The Hellish Handbasket

I'm back in Tucson after my week of dog-sitting. I'm trying to find the humor in 105°F and 7% humidity. Is it funny? I feel as if it...

I don't know about you (because I never hear from you), but I imagine you get weary of me whining about the ongoing disintegration of my...

Today I heard someone on a video meeting casually express an interest in moving to another city, as if that were normal, natural, and doable...

Most days, I can't tell if I'm in my right mind or not. Some days I think, I can do this, I can camp in my car, be a nomad, go on ad...

Homelessness probably can be a spiritual experience for people who are supremely enlightened. I’m not one of those people. Homelessness to m...

Have you heard it said, "When one door closes, another door opens"? What are we supposed to make of that? It's not a truism, i...

I'm back in Tucson, after my long-anticipated/planned/dreaded month-long road trip. Thirty-four days long to be exact. It would have bee...

Day 28 of my epic road trip finds me parked in a Lowe’s parking lot in Reno, Nevada. I’m taking the “back road” back to Tucson, which means ...

Day 22 of my epic road trip started as a typical spring day in Portland. That is to say, cloudy, damp, chilly, and depressing. I just droppe...

The epic road trip continues. Lucky me, no car camping for me this week. I spent every night indoors, hosted by friends and family. This mor...

Greetings, Blogbots. I hope you are well. I am blogging to you from the lovely town of Rancho Cucamonga. At least, I think that is where I a...

The day has arrived. The leap into the unknown is about to begin. Do we ever know what awaits us, though? Isn't every day we choose to g...

I had a topic in mind for today's blogpost, and then I took a nap and had a dream that I lost my cellphone. I woke up in tears, blaming ...

Like so many people over the past few years, I've lost the will to groom. The Covid era has bludgeoned all desire to look good right out...

Dumb question, right? You would say, gosh, Carol, nobody, if you put it like that . But what are we talking about? Defeat is the flipside of...

It might be spring. It's hard to tell, weather is a variable phenomenon here in the desert. Last week it snowed. Today it was 75F. Wet o...

During the several years I was waiting for my mother to die, I daydreamed about what life would be like when I was finally "free."...

I'd like to focus on the victory of the week, whch was that I figured out how to format an epub book that passed muster with IngramSpark...

I've heard time heals all wounds. That sounds nice, but time doesn't heal everything. A few things come to mind. Cars. Teeth. Hearts...

  I'm blogging tonight because it is a task on my calendar. That is the only reason. My brain is a stinky pile of pudding. I've spen...