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To Whom It May Concern

I was excited when I received your offer for a free trial of a shiny new year. The old year was (and I cannot state this too emphatically) a massive shit-show. The fact that everyone was having similar issues with their 2020 was of little comfort, and I was so looking forward to trading up … Continue reading To Whom It May Concern →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 7 Comments January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 1 Minute

Life in the Fast Lane

I've been thinking ... I am, apparently, quite fascinated with the concept of immortality. Not eternal youth and not just never dying, but the idea that one could live for decades in a body in it's prime. (Hubby and I just watched the movie, The Age of Adaline.) The stories never go there, but wouldn't … Continue reading Life in the Fast Lane →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 3 Comments November 6, 2020 3 Minutes

Rarely Seen in These Parts

The other day I donned my face mask, as I do, and walked into a grocery store. A small child pulled at her mothers skirt and pointed at me. The mother embarrassedly tried not to make eye contact as she unsuccessfully tried to shush the child. "But mommy, you said they don't live this far … Continue reading Rarely Seen in These Parts →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 9 Comments October 23, 2020October 25, 2020 2 Minutes

The Winter of My Discontent

The thing about the first snowfall is, it isn't supposed to last. It comes at some unexpected and inconvenient time, but we stop and watch it with awe and nostalgia. And then it disappears. Sometimes even as it's falling, but certainly within a day. But this is the year when nothing is according to plan. … Continue reading The Winter of My Discontent →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 4 Comments October 19, 2020 2 Minutes

I Bet She’s Been Here Before

It's about 10 o'clock in the evening (October15) and Randy draws my attention to the first snowfall of the season happening outside. It's beautiful, peaceful. We step just out the door onto the deck - for a minute - and then back inside where it's warm. We're standing in the kitchen moments later when I … Continue reading I Bet She’s Been Here Before →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 10 Comments October 16, 2020 1 Minute

If We’re Being Honest

  Thank you for calling (insert any company name here). You will wait a veeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyy long time to speak to an agent. Though we are a telephone and internet service company, our servers and bandwidth are precisely one-quarter of what is necessary for the normal call volume we experience. In addition, we have about a … Continue reading If We’re Being Honest →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 9 Comments August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 1 Minute

Rain and Bourbon and Cabbages and Rain

There has been no continuity in the summers since we moved here. Nothing from one to the next that you can count on. The first year was mosquitoes and wildfire smoke. The second was wildfire smoke and drought. This summer has no mosquitoes (on our deck, at least) or wildfire smoke or real warmth. This … Continue reading Rain and Bourbon and Cabbages and Rain →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 3 Comments July 14, 2020 2 Minutes

Sunday Meditation

This morning I spent some time sitting on the deck, watching the creek flow, thinking about what I had just read in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius in my attempts to become a better human. Here it is: ...to avoid censuring others, to refrain from flouting them for a barbarism, solecism, or any false pronunciation. Rather … Continue reading Sunday Meditation →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 1 Comment June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 1 Minute

The Law of Attraction

There is a dresser in our house that sits in an awkward place. It's not it's permanent situation yet, but it should still be passable. And it is passable . . . by 50% of the people in our house. I am the 50% who cannot make it past the dresser unharmed every time. I … Continue reading The Law of Attraction →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 5 Comments June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 1 Minute

Derivative

What do you call those days when you work really hard at everything but nothing gets done, or at least, nothing gets done right? Even the creative turns out like shit. Just, nothing. I did plant that Mountain Ash in front of the house where the old spruce trees had to come down. I felt … Continue reading Derivative →

SweetEstherChronicles Uncategorized 6 Comments May 28, 2020 1 Minute

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