Attention
I have read studies and heard various views about tactile learning, but I wasn’t able to identify it in myself until recently. I probably appear to be ignoring the world around me as I … Continue Reading
Category Archives: NF
(Un)interesting
I keep trying to write something interesting fun cute whatever, but I am very uncreative tonight. (More than just tonight, I think.) There are lots of beginnings and stop-starts, … Continue Reading
Ten
Tomorrow is Jeff’s and my tenth anniversary. I keep trying to come up with something meaningful clever witty inspiring to write about it us. But I just can’t get it right. Part of why … Continue Reading
Self
I have spent a lot of time indoors the last year-and-a-half. After a run-in with pure evil antibiotics, the sun has decided not to play nice with my skin, and I had to put it on a – long – … Continue Reading
Fiction
Some people view fiction as pointless insignificant a waste. In certain cases, that’s probably true. But not always. To see from someone else’s point-of-view, empathize with them feel their feelings think … Continue Reading
Altered
I don’t think I have ever had the same dream twice, so it’s not exactly fair to call it recurring. It’s more like an altered version of something I’ve dreamt before. Somehow, in this dream state, I have memories. I … Continue Reading
Brat
Usually if I am short with Jeff, it means my blood sugar is low. He learned this early on, and is very good at making sure I don’t go too long between meals. Of course, that is in his best … Continue Reading
Mayonnaise
A friend recently organized a bag sale for families and students involved in a school that is located in an impoverished area of Fresno. She came up with the idea after seeing a little boy wear cleats to school because … Continue Reading
Faceless
My friend was two days shy of the end of her first trimester. I have no idea what to say to her or her husband. It hurt to hear and I feel completely helpless. The list of married couples … Continue Reading
Apricots
We have been trying, in various ways for the three-and-a-half years we have lived here, to meet our neighbors. Both Jeff and I have a low number of pegs, and quickly reach our maximum capacity for focusing individually on the … Continue Reading