Girl on the Brink: Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures

Day 265 — Ann Says Good-Bye

This is the first time since “Snowmageddon” that I’ve sat outside on my deck and examined spring. I say “examined” because spring this year diverges from years past. Last year, virgin green blades of grass emerged, and the branches of my Bradford pear was veiled in buds. I was unemployed. This year, the dead leaves […]

Day 264 — Your Cheatin’ Heart

Now that I have a boyfriend who reads this blog, I have to begin by saying this did not happen to me but to my girlfriend who has no name or location. But she and I are the same size and age and have similar sensibilities. We almost always make exactly the same mistakes, which […]