The Jean Pool

Random Thoughts

Random thoughts as I watch our Speaker of the House elbow bump the Taiwanese President. Why do we have to touch people at all when we meet them?  I don’t …

Nine Years

Today is my nine-year wedding anniversary, and I completely  forgot. I was awakened with my usual morning coffee next to my bed along with a card, and as soon as …

Memoirs of the Mentally Ill

The Open Mic was a success. Hosting was a blast, and friends from CeDAR and HardBeauty were there. Shout out to those who showed up to support me and I …

My Life is Complete

Coffee in the shed. I have everything I need in here. Tomorrow night I am hosting this thing – open mic for people in recovery. I’m using it as an …

Bring Back Social Distancing!

I’ve always had a very wide berth (Berth: to avoid or stay away from someone or something) of personal space. Maybe it’s a neurological disorder. I’ve often thought that I might …

Shed Shots

ALMOST all done. Still left: Some interior decorating and the building of a deck.

FOMO or JOMO

I wish I could say that I fall in the JOMO camp. but truthfully, I’m a card-carrying member of the FOMO Association. I might even be president, or CEO. How’s …

Shed Life

It’s not home without Butters. Wanna make sure you know that I am not leaving it like this. We are having it painted soon. The person who is painting it …

Just Play Nice People!

I so wish we would stop vilifying one another and understand where the other side is coming from. That’s what I’m trying to do. I hate that this is happening. …

Belladonna of Sadness

This is an image from a movie called the Belladonna of Sadness. It’s a pretty fucked up story. I chose the image because it reflects my mood, but then I …

Writer’s Block? ME???

What is happening? I sat down to do this about an hour ago and I got lost searching for images that would reflect something that I want to write about. …

She Shed Heaven

It’s here! Today marks the first day of me working in my She Shed, over two years in the making by my talented husband. From scratch. I mean, he drew …

Sing Sing

All good. I’m not being incarcerated. Though, maybe I should be for singing in public. People have been put in the slammer for lesser offenses. (My affinity for the Sound …

The G is Silent

Not the “G” in thong. That’s pronounced. So let’s start there.  (Addendum: I have since gotten some enlightening views from my very brilliant friends. Feel free to comment with your …

Waking Up

Yesterday I followed the advice of my new Executive Function coach to map out my schedule, hour by hour, each day. I wrote down my Monday, starting with waking up …

No Pity till Brooklyn

Um, we don’t lady. We hate you because you’re a conceited bitch. I’m going to say this once, and then never again. Here’s why you read and hopefully like my …

What’s My Name Again?

I wrote all about my problem with procrastination/ avoidance in my first post. But alas, you never saw it because as my first post explained, I deleted it when I …

Learning New Things is Hard

Learning New Things is Hard In my first post I declared that I would be posting daily. It’s now at least a week later. Lucky for me, I still have …