If it sounds like I'm mixing metaphors, I kind of am. Some of you probably remember from your basic psych courses that Ivan Pavlov was a...

No, I didn't read the book. I may eventually, but I haven't yet. Today, I want to talk about something I've been struggling with recently...

Sometimes things happen, and you need to take a step back. Dial things down. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Minimize. Marie Condo. It's been one...

Every fall/winter I start thinking about cold-weather recipes. Soups, casseroles, spiced cider, the whole shebang. These are all comfort...

I'd like to reassure you that I'm not going to write about the "state of the nation" or my opinions on riots or police or anything else....

The study of word origins is called "etymology," and it's one of my passions - not because it's particularly useful, but rather because...

I'm sure most of you have figured out by now that writing is a bit like breathing for me. I can stop, and that's something that I even...

First, I'd like to apologize for the unexplained absence of posts here. Things got very exciting for a little bit as I planned for,...

In this age of digital friends, long-distance families, and online gaming, I think at this point we have all been a part of an online...

There's something to be said for someone who, in spite of being tired or busy or distracted, still finds the time and oomph to get...

I find it worrisome that so many members of our little family here don't feel free to be proud of themselves, or even take it a step...

There's a silly thing in the world of Tech Support that we call "Tech Aura." This is how we explain what happens (very consistently) when...

You've probably noticed by now that there was a gap in my posts here. This was unfortunatley unavoidable, simply because my mental...

Just as a warning, some of what I'm about to say may com across as moralistic and superior, and I want to say that's not what I'm trying...

Recently I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety, and not in the ways I'm accustomed to it. Anxiety has always been a sort of tension...

For those of you that don't know what a "bujo" is, let me start off with a pseudo-definition for you. The simplest explanation is that...

This was a concept introduced to me some time ago - back in college, I think. I didn't disregard it, per say, but I did choose not to...

Last week I wrote about some of the things I'd learned from being confined at home for two weeks. There's more that I've learned before...

Over the last few weeks, some things have really been hammered home for me in ways I didn't think I would ever really get - not because I...

For the record: I'm not an expert. I'm not a professional. I'm not even willing to say I'm particularly good at it, considering my blog...