My Antidepressant Life

Have a good life.

The stories I tell myself.

This is a story I tell myself: I’ll do it tomorrow. (My cancer says, “Are you sure?”) And this is a story I tell myself: It’s not too late. (One day it will be. One day you’ll have done everything… Continue Reading →

Praise Anoia, may she rattle your drawers!

As part of my year of “start something, finish something , use it every day” goal, I’m revisiting the Discworld. I have loved the Discworld since I was a child, in the 90s.My first Discworld book was a coverless paperback… Continue Reading →

Intentions for 2023

In 2023, I’m finishing things. I’m completing projects. I’m allowing things to end when they have a natural ending. I’m learning/will learn to accept those ending, and to finish what I start, however imperfectly it turns out, like physical journals…. Continue Reading →

Plugging along at StraighterLine

I’m halfway through Introduction to IT through StraighterLine, which transfers as Fundamentals of IT at WGU. It’s been a bit uphill both ways, but not in a snowstorm. My hours were cut at work, which you’d think would like life… Continue Reading →

Well, I’m not dead, yet.

Well, I’m not dead, yet, but I did get impressively sick and had to get the nasal swab test for the COVID-19 plague. It was less fun than a pony, but more fun than being bit by a pony. I… Continue Reading →

Next year becomes never.

This week’s FMF writing prompt is: RUSH I hear it all the time, about how we all need to slow down, stop rushing, stop hurrying, take a break. Sometimes, though, the day needs to be seized. Hard. Carpe testiculum. A… Continue Reading →

Missing the Write 31 Days Challenge

This week’s FMF writing prompt is: CHALLENGE I’ve been missing the Write 31 Days challenge, and the time I might have spent prepping for it this month. Honestly, I’ve been feeling a little sorry for myself over it. What the… Continue Reading →

A sidewinding kite tail, again.

This week’s writing prompt is: AGAIN I’ve shown up to the prompt, again. I’ve stared at my computer screen, again. I’ve gotten up an hour early to give myself no excuses, again. I brewed coffee, again. I fed the cats… Continue Reading →

And then, the snow.

This week’s writing prompt is: NEXT Next is both a rock in my shoe and a double-espresso to my soul. Next is cherry blossoms and leaf buds and rhododendron fireworks. Next is the marvel of infant garter snakes at both… Continue Reading →

Some days are just green beans and mustard, and that’s OK.

This week’s FMF writing prompt is: CONVENIENT What a prompt. My head’s going all over with it. The first thing that comes to mind is convenient food. I hate it. I’m no food purist – more than one dinner has… Continue Reading →

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