Riddle from the Middle

Let’s tiptoe back, way(ish) back, to 2018. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and no doubt in North Carolina the humidity was cranked up 100%. We have good swampy summer days around here so naturally my blogging brain turned to kids…summertime…no school…activities…SO YOU THINK YOU’RE READY TO HAVE KIDS?! Sorry, if those capitals feel like I’m shouting at you…well, it’s because I’m…

“The speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don’t miss them. And new ones will find you and cherish you. And at last you’ll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is…

1.   Y’all, it’s FRIDAY. 2.   What what?? 3.   BrightSide laughs so hard at me now. 4.   He’s like how do you not know what DAY it is?? 5.   Man, I dunno, shit’s wild these days. 6.   And that’s the end of that because we’re all just gonna be happy I’m moving and caffeinated. 7.   I have a lot to do so I’ve given myself a hard forty minutes to get this done and published. 8.  No…

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday.

Any other gen X folks out there who heard this with cadence? I originally typed the title as June’s bugging and my whole brain scratched to a halt. Either way the sentiment stands, though. June’s definitely buggin’. Alright, that sentence still feels weird coming out of my mouth, even via the keyboard. Moving on. June is going to be a wonky month. I’ll do my best to keep things normal for the…

“As life has taught me time and again, you often have to lose your present circumstance to make room for your forthcoming one.” Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday.

1.   It’s Friday, Friday, Friday, HEY! 2.   Wait, that’s reminding me of something… 3.   Dum da dum, dum da dum, hey! Dum da dum, dum da dum HO! 4.   Crap, there’s no way to google this… 5.   Okay, this is about to be a really random description but maybe someone will get it. 6.   There was this Newsroom episode where Will McAvoy was humming to himself. 7.   The whole control room was going…

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne Frank Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday.