Your Sassy Middle-Aged Auntie's Blog About Nothing
Blogging it Old School
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. A long time ago, in an Internet far, far away, there was a new thing called a blog. These blogs were free spirits. They were about nothing. There was no SEO, no affiliate links, no advertising, no monetization, none of that. People just wrote whatever…
I’m thinking about going back to school. Last time I went, I ended up graduating from South Dakota State with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. While I can’t say I need a degree to do the job I currently do, the principles I’ve learned have helped, especially to understand the community I work with….
I realize that in order to build an audience, I have to write regularly. I try, but then life gets in the way. First, an update to my last post. My aunt passed away in March of 2023. Her memorial was in May. I was able to go back to Wisconsin for it. It was…
My aunt Ellen is in hospice. The other day, I bought the outfit that I will most likely wear to her funeral when that happens. Part of me thinks this is ghoulish because she hasn’t passed away. I’m buying an outfit for something that hasn’t happened yet. The other part of me is thinking in…
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court….
The best thing that happened to me in 2022 was that I got to go on vacation for the first time since the pandemic started. Sure, it was only an overnight trip, but it was to one of my favorite places ever: The Badlands Speaking of the pandemic, the worst thing that happened in 2022…
Mad Honey is one of the best books I’ve read this year. It is a story about love, acceptance, and the secrets we keep from one another. The book is told from the perspectives of Olivia McAfee and Lily Campanello. Both characters know what it is like to start over and to forge an identity….
Don’t miss the keyboard solo.
I’ve been on a reading kick lately. It’s been great, mainly because I’m rekindling my love of reading. I have BookTok to thank for that. (BookTok is the literary part of TikTok.) I’ve read six books so far this year and I’m on track to read more than that. I’ve even resurrected my Goodreads page….
After two and a half years of avoiding it, I caught covid. I actually came down with it on Monday, but I haven’t felt better enough to sit and write this until today. Thankfully, it was mild, if you want to call it that. I am vaccinated, so it felt like I had a very…
Watch this and tell me if you’d actually eat this. I have thoughts. Who hurt you, child? The reason why there are no leftovers is because this ends up in the trash. If your idea of “fine herbs” is parsley, you probably put raisins in your potato salad and don’t season your food. This looks…