@jenlockwoodgeorge
Content writer by day, novelist by night. Also a knitter, sewist, artist, music lover, foodie, reader, dog & cat person. I <3 history, Scrabble, writing in my car, & going to the beach in winter. Literary & pop fiction, sci-fi, horror, YA, poetry, & essays
If you're planning to donate items to shelters and community pantries, don't forget to donate period products, diapers, and wipes along with heat-and-serve food staples. If you donate cans without pull tops, donate a few can openers, too.
This.
So... a book recommendation: The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck. IYKYK
A yellow weed at the edge of a salt marsh on a sunny September day
#SilentSunday
You showed up, and that's huge.
I spent a month memorizing the lyrics to this song when I was in my 20s. :)
That's actually a great idea.
#SilentSunday
Two ants inside an orange lily
#SilentSunday
The journalist part of me still dreams about current events. Somehow, my brain managed to create a mashup of Black Sabbath's "Crazy Train" & Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire." That was an interesting thing to have going at full volume in my head when I woke up.
Do you ever wonder what cats think when they see us wandering around our houses in the dark at night, our arms outstretched and hands fumbling and waving as we search for light switches, glasses, lamps, doorframes, and beds?
#SilentSunday
We didn't know who was calling when the phone rang.
Hello…doing some research now on the increasing viral impact on people as we went super global as a potential driver of immune disregulation. I’ve got some good leads on the current state of research but if there’s anyone who knows anything they think I should know, please let me know!!
What. On. Earth.
I got answers from my doctors. None of it is great news. (But also, none of it is fatal, so there's that.) Internet friends, hug me and tell me it'll be okay even if it doesn't feel true at the moment. #ChronicIllness
I'm so sorry
When you have a diagnosis, but nobody tells you....
Everyone! I ate lemon pepper tuna for the first time since Jan., and it didn't make me sick! (I've been on a restricted diet because all food was mysteriously making me nauseated. No citric acid, caffeine, grease, red meat, gluten, dairy, peppermint, coffee, chocolate or fun.)
#ChronicIllness
Well done!
Patchwork fabric in pinks, yellows, and blues.
Stash busting! This will be a bathroom curtain. #Sewing #DIY #Crafting
That soynds gery dreamlike. Glad you yad the experience!
When my pup got sprayed, I had to put eucalyptus oil on the skin beneath my nose & upper lip because i kept retching from the smell on the first day. It helped.
Can we please!
Well done!!
A bajillion and one medical appointments on the wall, a billion and one medical appointments.... take one down and still no one knows what's wrong, 999,999,999 medical appointments on the wall....
#RealLife
I read in a treehouse cabin in the mountains
Nishiki Tamarack bicycle
Ride stats. 1.11 miles, 14 minutes.
Today was my first short ride on my Christmas present. (Poor weather & poor health prevented earlier rides.) Happy to be well enough to tolerate a mile in hilly terrain. Now I'm exhausted.
Today's self-care: decluttering & cleaning my room ceiling-to-floor so I can have a peaceful sleeping space. Now, lunch while reading Jericho Brown's poetry. Then rest because I am out of spoons. Maybe fabric cutting later.
#MentalHealth
Thank you. And wow, that is so recent. Sending love!