In the park by the River On a Saturday evening The one with the blossoms in spring There’s a girl in a pink sweatshirt. The zip up hoodie kind. Walking her dog. There’s a man in a vest. He asks about her dog. Then he hoots, hollers, whistles, and yells. She’s beautiful. He’s right. She’s… Continue reading The Pink Sweatshirt
Author: Papermarked_hope
525,600.
It’s been a year. 525,600 minutes. 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 4 seasons... One incredible research project, two messed up ankles, three jobs. There’s a million ways I could measure the last year. Although almost none of them fall into the categories RENT prescribed. In daylights: all of them, although I didn’t get out… Continue reading 525,600.
20 Questions: 1-5, Getting to know me a little bit better.
1. What did you get in trouble for the most when you were a kid? Rolling my eyes, for sure. I still struggle to control that sometimes. 2. Do you prefer taking risks or having a safety net? Ideally, both. Taking risks and going for it, while knowing I have a safety net and support… Continue reading 20 Questions: 1-5, Getting to know me a little bit better.
International Women’s Day
Yes yes... I’m a bloody feminist and I’m proud of it. I’m an intersectional feminist, I think all uterus havers, female identifying, cis, and in between who want to be included should be. No exceptions. Please google Intersectional Feminism before you read any further and apply that definition to everything I say from here on… Continue reading International Women’s Day
Through Style I will: Document Everything I Wear for 2 Weeks… Again.
Between two days long power outages, two different weekends with guests, two weekends of vaccine stuff, and one weekend spent just trying to get back to myself.... my closet revamp got a little derailed. So I’m going back to the beginning. It won’t be quite the same, because I’ve done lots of the work already,… Continue reading Through Style I will: Document Everything I Wear for 2 Weeks… Again.
Lately and Soon, 3/6/2021
Life has felt really nuts, so much so that I feel like I’ve fallen behind, but I’m learning to let that shit go. I’ve been working hard on several projects, I have finals coming up, the kiddos I work with have had some big schedule changes, we’ve had guests, gotten vaccinated twice, had power outages,… Continue reading Lately and Soon, 3/6/2021
Crazy Paper Product Person
I’m fairly certain that at least a part of the blogger community overlaps with the community of people who have too many office and paper products. You know the type: the people who love the target office section, the one who loves office max, depot etc. They often also love craft and art stores. I’m… Continue reading Crazy Paper Product Person
Adventures in Cooking: TikTok Pasta
Yup. I went there. Let me start off by saying that this was a fun thing to do, as cliche as it might be I think I’ll keep looking for some fun popular recipes to try between the stuff that I come up with. Mistakes were made, but nothing recipe ruining... I saw a recipe… Continue reading Adventures in Cooking: TikTok Pasta
Grief Driving
Grief Driving ( written August 2020) Dad, Do you remember the summer mornings when you’d drive us to Munising for our days with Mom? Or when we’d leave the house early to go fishing? The hot afternoons, coming home from one of the little league baseball games or fishing trips? Windows down, music up, and… Continue reading Grief Driving
Sunday Funday
Sorta... I got my second vaccine shot Saturday. Which is a blessing, a privilege, and a beast. By noon on Sunday I had a killer headache, some brain fog, and just generally felt like I’d been hit by a garbage truck. Twice. But I curled up with my cat. Watched my new favorite binge: The… Continue reading Sunday Funday
Coffee & Conundrums 