Beautiful World

I am running once again. Real running. My amazing fall down a steep, rocky hill, which managed to bloody nearly every part of my body and ...

This isn't really a big deal because crabapples are everywhere and the jelly is easy to make, but it also provides me with quiet time to...

Last night a friend chatted with me. This is how it went: Friend: So...depressed much? me: A little, yes. Friend: I would never have gue...

On yesterday's long drive home, I pulled off the freeway to use the facilities at one of the many truck stops lining I-80's stretch ...

Depression continues strongly. I'm now in the place where I no longer care about anything for a moment, then I wallow in self-pity--wish...

At the risk of perpetuating the rumor that my blog is whiny, I need to write this post. I am experiencing overwhelming, immobilising depre...

School starts (for me) tomorrow. No. I have not yet written my syllabus. In all honesty, I'm still tweaking the projects my students w...

For a few months I have been feeling disconnected from Darrin. When I berate myself for allowing this to happen, I remember that I've be...

I remember once telling a young friend how much I value my alone time--and then I felt like a fraud because I was immediately visited by a ...

I used to believe that in each of my relationships there would come a time when I would need to "let go." This has may connotation...

I have been remiss in my birthday tributes to important people in my life--partly because I've been missing birthdays completely. Howev...

For years I've been saying to my online friends, "Real life comes first." Translation: If we're chatting and a friend come...