As I write this, the sun hasn’t yet come up, and I’ve been awake for two hours. Willingly. Well, mostly willingly, at any rate. This is wrong on so many levels. And right on some others. My social media (and traditional media, too) has been filled with the Perseid Meteor shower for the past few weeks, andContinueContinue reading “Meteoric thoughts”
Author Archives: JGB
When Mt. Monadnock kicked my ass
As I sat down to write this blog post, my first thought was: “Crap. I need the power cord to my laptop. I’m not sure I can get up to get it.” Luckily, it was next to the bed (yes, I type this from the bed, because it’s an oven here in Boston and myContinueContinue reading “When Mt. Monadnock kicked my ass”
Black Lives Matter
When I first started blogging, I found myself in a community called Arkansas Women Bloggers. It was new for me, to be part of such a group. And boy, did I feel like an outsider. I wasn’t a wife. I wasn’t a mom. I wasn’t a craft blogger. I wasn’t a food blogger. It seemedContinueContinue reading “Black Lives Matter”
6288 feet up and still searching
It seems that lately, I’ve become a bit of a view whore. Selling my soul, or at least my free time, in a quest for vistas that take me out of the daily and into the sublime. Maybe it’s my own version of seeking something bigger than myself… Maybe it’s because working in classical music makesContinueContinue reading “6288 feet up and still searching”
Of Gorillas and Guns and Expertise
It seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? You remember, that time when we all became experts on gorilla behavior. And parenting. Boy, did we bring out the self-righteous pitchforks on that one. Then, we got distracted from our armchair zoology by a 3-month sentence for a young man who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman, and suddenlyContinueContinue reading “Of Gorillas and Guns and Expertise”
Everything and a Racehorse 