About a week ago my Special Man Friend, Doug, came for a visit. This is no small feat considering he lives in the very depths of the Texas desert and to reach my corner of the Rocky Mountains requires some serious determination. Doug came to give me a much needed hug, hang out a bit [...]

I once had a boyfriend who one day gently placed his palm on the side of my head and said, “Damn, it must be tiring from all the noise in there.” Yes, actually, it’s fucking exhausting if you really must know. For the most part he was a blundering fool, but on the point of [...]

Sometimes the planets line up just so and everything falls into place. Sometimes the air feels to be the exact right temperature so that my skin can breathe without falter and my lungs can exhale without restriction; this last weekend was a series of such events. Such a  series was it that I couldn’t be [...]

For the past week I have been completely without any of my three children. It’s been an odd experience; at first I was at a loss as to what to do with my time if I didn’t have any kids to herd. After a few days when it became apparent that their dad, Matt, would [...]

It’s fairly obvious that I am at most times a walking mess of neurosis. Sometimes it gets to me but most of the time I just figure everybody has some sort of cross on their shoulders, some are just a bit more open about it than others. And really, it’s the ones who are all [...]

I  had one of the bests posts ever planned for this evening, it outline in excruciating detail my journey over the last seven weeks of living without wheat or gluten. Seriously good shit here. And after that I planned to watch a chick flick on my laptop before turning in for the night. But then [...]

Today I gardened. Not sure if that is a verb but if it wasn’t before, it now is. Not only did I garden but I also began my training of a half marathon this fall. Anybody who knows me will understand the humor in this for I have a front side that most definitely should [...]

Caloden has recently experienced a security breach or sorts, although that would be going a bit far since this site has never been password protected or secretly hidden anywhere. Somehow, some way some individuals who I know and see most of days of the week found my blog and, so I surmise, have passed it [...]

I have been to three Mother’s Day Tea parties this week. No, not a party for each of my off spring because that would be too easy. Two of the parties were hosted by the school where I teach and then today Devon’s preschool had its tea party. Although his was totally low key and [...]

Today I was on the phone with Kelly Lynne chatting about nothing in particular when she inquired if she could share something with me. We chat on a near daily basis and know some pretty serious stuff about one another so I didn’t really think much of her request and said, “bring it on, why [...]