Popular Posts

▼
Friday, November 22, 2024

Letter to an Evangelical with Questions, part 1

›
Dear Friend,  Many years ago, when I was a questioning evangelical myself, I spent a lot of time online looking for people who were going th...
Friday, November 15, 2024

I don't seem to be able to stop updating you about migraines, and also a few other things

›
Apologies for disappearing last week. It is true that I was not happy about the election outcome (more about that in a minute), but that was...
Friday, November 1, 2024

we interrupt our scheduled programming to bring you another mad, mad, mad post (but first of all, migraines again)

›
In the several posts about migraines that I've subjected you to recently, I don't know that I've really talked about motion s...
Friday, October 25, 2024

7ToF: traveling and other thoughts

›
1. I’m sitting at the gate at our local airport waiting to get on a plane to go visit my mom and my sister in parts south. It’s about 45 deg...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

summer fun with my nieces (had me a blast)

›
I almost titled this “A Boomer Reflects” because I know I’m being ridiculous. If you’re my age, maybe you can laugh along with me. If you’re...
Friday, October 18, 2024

7ToF: Cleaning out my closet

›
1. Like anyone who has lived in the same house for 12 years, and in the house before that for 12 years, etc etc, we have way too much stuff....
Friday, October 4, 2024

cynicism and, uh, culture

›
I have written a version of this post half a dozen times over the past few years, but every time before I get around to publishing it, somet...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

a couple of goodreads reviews

›
Well, first of all, the fourth section of Trust (by Hernan Diaz) did indeed pull everything together so that it makes sense. Trust is the ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

7ToF: catching up, sept 2024 edition

›
1. We just spent a week (mostly) in our camper, driving around eastern Montana. There's so much to do in the western half of the state t...
Monday, September 9, 2024

the headache/migraine detox progress report

›
Staying off meds has been hard.  (In case you don't know what I'm talking about, read the previous post .) My neuro uses a ten-point...