I come from many generations of farmers and gardeners on both sides of my family. Growing and tending to the outdoor side of things has...

I don't intend for everything I write here to be emotionally intense. I generally do and feel all things with the intensity of a star...

Another late night of failing at sleeping. I don't know why brains do this to us. Are they such petty and jealous hos that because we...

Late the other night, I decided to take my small girl for a night light drive. We cruised downtown, then by the houses that have decided...

I've mentioned it a few times in my articles for Neon Splatter. I grew up on movies primarily from before the 1960s because my...

There's this mental health exercise people suggest where you're supposed to write where you want to be in ten years. It's supposed to...

"Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a...

When I committed to creating more and building my website again, I took some time to look at what I already had and take note of...

Do you remember "The Elephant Show"? I remember it so well that I can sing the entire song and do the hand motions all without...

The last two weeks have felt like one melty swirl of depression, COVID illness, grief, and weathering actual weather. My days and nights...

When I was 18, my parents sent me to live with my Okinawan family to rescue my mental health and give me a safe space to heal. I had been...

I know a few of you subscribed so you would be able to keep up on what I'm up to and the nonsense I'm creating so it's probably time for...

My daughter asked me to draw her Squid Game for her lunchbox. This is the Squid Game I want to watch.

I went to the dispensary today. After I walked in and was told where to wait, the clerk went back and came out with another girl clerk...

My grandpa lived across the street from me and his property took up most of the block. Whenever the leaves would fall, we would rake them...

I've wanted to write about one thing or another every night that I didn't. Nevertheless, I still didn't. Some of those nights I had to...

I trick or treated longer than other kids my age. I have always loved Halloween more than Christmas, and I remember my last year of trick...

It's been over a year since the last time that I was in the mood to purely spontaneously watch a movie I have not seen before. I don't...