What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? If I’m honest, the biggest challenge I’ll likely face in the next six months is consistency. Starting something isn’t hard. Staying with it when it gets repetitive, slow, or unnoticed — that’s the real test. Motivation comes in waves. Discipline has to […]
⏳ The Challenge Ahead
FEB. 24, 2026 Navigating the Next Six Months: Confronting Systemic Racism in the United States As we look ahead to the next six months, many of us are contemplating the significant challenges that lie before us. For some, these challenges might involve economic uncertainties, career transitions, or personal health matters. However, for a substantial portion […]
THE DAILY WRITING PROMPT
Although humans have helped orchids along in the number of unique varieties, this unusual flower species has overly diverse colors and shapes. In the sunless, bloomless days of February, Boltz Conservatory of the Olbrich Gardens comes to my rescue yearly with Orchid Escape! Click on the photos for the full images. The number of petals […]
Orchids’ Astonishing Variety on Display
Do you need a break? From what? I definitely need a break from being tired. Moms and dads can relate to what I’m talking about. After an exhausting week, even a small break feels like heaven. “Me time” is an expensive vacation. A cup of tea, coffee, or even a glass of wine can be […]
I’m Not Lazy, I’m Just Exhausted
Do you need a break? From what? To have a break is like having the nicest thing you like. The eagerness and enthusiasm for a break makes you want it even more. So what do I want a break from? Well! Seeing the now situation, I want a break from my anger, arguments, stress, thoughts, […]
Need A Break Badly
Tattoo all healed x I wish I’d had the guts to be the person I wanted to be, but other children had taught me, viciously and mercilessly, that they found me contemptable, so clearly the person inside, the true me, was “wrong” somehow. A poorly manufactured human being who evaded the attention of quality control somehow. I always felt afraid to draw attention to myself, so as an adult I was quiet and withdrawn, which was often mistaken for rudeness. I’m not writing all of this to smugly to declare that now I’ve got it all figured out. I most certainly haven’t. I’m still a socially anxious mess. There’s a reason my first tattoo was done in 2008 and this one nearly 20 years later, because I still fret over the opinions of others, and even my own. What if I end up hating it or something goes terribly wrong and I’m stuck with the fucked up result? I’m no guru on the mountain nor am I trying to be. I’m just “a fucked up girl looking for her own piece of mind,” as Kate Winslet put it in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Bloody Roses 