On Top of Cake Mountain

Published on: January 28, 2015December 31, 2017 by Missy O'Brien 6 Comments

One random blob of earwax, and life goes right to hell. I’ve just emerged from four days in bed – no, not with some tall dark handsome stranger who happened to be in the market for a middle-aged matron with ear canal hygiene challenges (although we are admittedly a hot commodity). I wasn’t even in […]

Straining After Cuteness

Published on: January 15, 2015December 31, 2017 by Missy O'Brien 13 Comments

I was accused of doing just that by a favorite faithful reader after I used “tail” instead of “tale” in my last post, referring to the story of a beloved stuffed mouse. Yeah, it was an eye-roller, although I prefer to think of it as playful. And I didn’t stick in a bright winking emoticon […]

A Few of my Favorite Things

Published on: January 4, 2015December 31, 2017 by Missy O'Brien 10 Comments

The Christmas ornaments I faithfully unpack every December are fraught with enough emotional baggage to choke the holiday spirit out of the heartiest reveler (never me to begin with). That’s not all bad, of course – Feelings Are Good, or so the self-helpists say. But is it any wonder that, by December 27, I’ve shrouded […]