family | another damn life

schrödinger’s 2020

Posted by lyn | Aug 30, 2020 | musings, true story | 4

A few Saturdays ago I was at Trader Joe’s, doing our huge monthly grocery restock. I plucked a tub...

i hate mother’s day and you can too

Posted by lyn | May 10, 2015 | rant | 5

I’ve been learning to write clickbaity titles for work, can you tell? I do not want you to...

memoriam III

Posted by lyn | Nov 25, 2014 | favorites, true story | 7

On Saturday morning, 51 years after John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the day before my 34th...

insight / hindsight

Posted by lyn | Nov 12, 2014 | true story | 2

The thing about arriving at a new destination after sunset is that you’re left in the dark...

memoriam II

Posted by lyn | Oct 16, 2014 | true story | 9

There was a point during my Papa’s funeral mass when I thought I was going to lose it. I was...

firsts and seconds

Posted by lyn | Apr 11, 2013 | true story | 32

My first car was a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. Picture every American police car and taxi cab...

hellohihey

Posted by lyn | Apr 5, 2012 | true story | 22

SO. It’s been, what. A month? Yep. A month. A very interesting one, at that. Can I tell you...

you know what they say

Posted by lyn | Feb 2, 2012 | musings | 25

On two separate occasions in recent memory, I was called upon to act like a girl. The first time came when we were visiting a quaint little town in Oregon with the beau’s parents. The beau and his dad decided they wanted...

be here now

Posted by lyn | Dec 29, 2011 | true story | 16

This is the first Christmas we did not travel to see our extended family. I could say this was on...

memoriam

Posted by lyn | Jul 23, 2011 | true story | 13

The wind in the trees outside was making shadows dance against the powder blue pull-down shades. Mottled light played over unfolded clothes spilling from the plastic basket on the floor, across the green shag carpeting, up a...

summer waters (guest post)

Posted by lyn | Jun 15, 2011 | true story | 0

I originally wrote this for the amazing, genuine Kirsty of A Safe Mooring’s blog. It’s...

home again

Posted by lyn | May 24, 2011 | musings | 21

Visiting my family in Michigan always leaves me feeling a little bit like I’ve slipped the fragile...

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