Jinked

I’m twenty-seven and I’m now fully realizing that this holiday is about giving and love and family and friends and joy. It’s not supposed to be commercial. We’re not supposed to be greedy. When we went to a family’s home today and gave them food they needed, it felt really good. I was hugged and kissed and tears were shed. I had to stop myself [...]

My kalanchoe wasn’t faring well. The powdery mildew was spreading despite my efforts to remove the afflicted leaves. So, I cut it back the way I cut back my ficus earlier this year when it had its little accident. My kalanchoe is a bunch of little sticks. I’m hoping that when (and if) it grows again, it will be fine. I’m not an expert on [...]

I’ve always identified as a gamer, even over the past couple years as my game time has significantly waned. I’ll sit down once in awhile with a console game, slogging through dungeons and saving distant worlds. I just don’t do it as much as I did in college and high school. Still, video games played an integral role in shaping me into the person I [...]

For the past 4 or 5 years (I can’t remember which), I’ve been sending out holiday cards via snail mail to a select group of friends—internet friends—most of which I’ve never met face to face. Am I lame? No, not really. I don’t think so at all. I’ve been active on the internet since high school. I had a blog as far back as 1999, [...]

I don’t have children, but I am proud of all my little ones. My little Christmas cactus bloomed! I didn’t know if it would bloom this year or not. It’s so pretty, and there will be so many blooms on it too for the winter season. I’ve got three mature ones so far. I’m so proud of my rubber tree. After the accident back in [...]