Monthly Archives: January 2010

My descent into fogydom

By nopasanada | Published: January 31, 2010
“Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”  ~Mark Twain First of all, quick story: I’m sitting in my office Friday afternoon when Peg pops in to tell me that she’s written something to guest post. Actually let me back up further than that to the morning when [...]
Posted in La Madre | 11 Comments

Hot Mess

By nopasanada | Published: January 19, 2010
“My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.”  ~Ashleigh Brilliant Things have been a little light here lately, no? Perhaps it’s the early darkness that causes me to retreat to my bed with episodes of Arrested Development by my side at 5:30 PM. Also, I have recently discovered some fantastic [...]
Posted in Humdrum | 4 Comments

Oh look at her with one of her ‘problems’ again…

By nopasanada | Published: January 16, 2010
“Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.”  ~Brendan Francis Don’t think that I didn’t exaggerate and roll my eyes when putting those air quotes around ‘problem’. Oops, I did it again. Also don’t think that now isn’t really the time for me to be coming to the Internet with a ‘problem’ [...]
Posted in Humdrum | 7 Comments

Let’s call this a comeback

By nopasanada | Published: January 1, 2010
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”  ~Bill Vaughan I was in the middle of some long ass piece of wistful deep hearted writing about the last 10 years. About how I used to be 16 and now I’m [...]
Posted in Grace in Small Things, The year on the edge | 10 Comments