I know because I voluntarily went out in the truck with Todd on a dark, soggy night last night with questionable visibility and I wasn’t driving and I was three heartbeats away from a full-on panic attack. I’ve never had a panic attack before but I think that is what it would feel like just … Continue reading I know I Don’t Want to Die
Author: Tara
Crawling In My Skin
Been wondering where I’ve been? I’ve been everywhere and nowhere, all at once. Today is a strange day. It’s also National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day and we all wore something to work to commemorate the occasion. I made (technically a sweatshirt) the Christmas Vacation Fried Cat sweater. Google it. I bought a small battery-operated pack … Continue reading Crawling In My Skin
Nashville Sightseeing
Sightseeing I googled self-guided walking tours in Nashville and found one that seemed doable and gave loads of background info, so Todd and I set out on our first full day with warm, sunny weather. First word of caution – walking is The Way. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. We walked down First Avenue which … Continue reading Nashville Sightseeing
Nashville!
Nashville! We went and stayed for three days. The End. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro, body, and conclusion – Aunt Dianna’s suggestion. Now, for the meat. Nashville has been on my bucket list for several years, as well as the desire to … Continue reading Nashville!
The Road to Music City – Part 2
Sunday morning we rose at a respectable hour, Todd made coffee in what I’ve come to recognize as the standard hotel coffeemaker – the little black machines that are smaller than a toaster, with the little slide-tray packages of coffee – but he engineered his coffee by cutting open a k-cup of caramel vanilla cream … Continue reading The Road to Music City – Part 2
The Road to Music City
It’s eleven hours to Nashville.The halfway point for us was Roanoke, Virginia. I booked a hotel room with easy on/off access to the highway and did my usual research about the area we were staying in. I plugged the address into my GPS and Todd wanted to connect his iPhone to my car because “it’s … Continue reading The Road to Music City
The Sands Are Shifting
There are days I feel like my head is down to the pavement and I’m plowing ahead on autopilot, and then there are the days – ever increasing – where something is working spiritually behind the scenes and more and more I am feeling and becoming something unspoken. Something propelled by unconscious, unseen forces and … Continue reading The Sands Are Shifting
A Dark & Stormy Night
It’s a dark and stormy night. Well, not really dark yet – just the dark clouds rolled in like Greased Lightning while we were covering the cars and battening down the hatches. I went to the bathroom and the storm was rumbling outside and I had to go and think about what if a tornado … Continue reading A Dark & Stormy Night
It’s Been A Week (or two, or three)
It’s been a real Hershey Park ride these last two weeks, for a recovery in hospital expected to be five nights that turned into twelve. From a partially collapsed lung to a blood clot to excessive swelling in the legs to IVs and heart monitors and CT scans and x-rays and ultrasounds and no food … Continue reading It’s Been A Week (or two, or three)
Well, This Is Wrong
My mom had a scheduled surgery last week and she prefers Penn in Philadelphia (aka Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – or – HUP). As we have always been in the suburbs, Philly has always been a part of our lives. I’m sure I have previously mentioned that mom knows Philly like the back … Continue reading Well, This Is Wrong
The Tara Chronicles 