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Idris Elba: The Second in a Series

No. I do not own the rights to this photo of the one and only Idris Elba so I am fully prepared for the copyright police to come after me but this is a risk I am willing to take for the second in my series of posts about the people in my life who have made a fundamental and sometimes unexpected impact on my life. And yes. Idris Elba is one of those people. We’ve known each other for some time…

I can’t talk to my friend Meg right now. Which is difficult because I also can’t stop thinking about my friend Meg right now as she is ensconced in a hospital room in Omaha after just having gone through a surgery that I am hoping with all of the hope I can muster gets my friend Meg some desperately needed relief. It’s funny really. I’ve never actually spoken to Meg using my voice. We text. Or DM…

I’m OK…No, really. I am

So very many things have gotten in the way of me writing more regular posts it’s hard to decide where to start with listing them, but the change that seems to be the most obvious even to a dumb smart person like me is that I started back to work on January 4 and my dudes, if I may call you my dudes, holy shit. How did I forget what it’s like to work a 50+ hour a week corporate job in such a short…

The seduction of looking back

Alternative title:  “Why I didn’t write an inspirational goodbye to 2020,” by Bethy Bright and Dark. It felt too long? Not punchy enough? Too literal maybe? You know I’ve given in and done it in the past. I was so young (in MS Years which are kind of like dog years but worse)! The lure of looking back on the year with all of the idealized thoughts about what that meant for my future was too…

The end of an(other) era

Yes…it’s yet ANOTHER sunset.

It’s the eve of the end of another time in my life that I probably wouldn’t have the perfect name for if I didn’t also have the perfect therapist for me. Cheryl, my precious therapist who thinks she’s retiring in a few weeks, dubbed this time the end of my Era of Stringent Particular Inflexible Aesthetics.

Ok. I added in a few extra words in the name but you’ll…