I guess it's been a hot minute since I posted anything new on the blog. The month of May was full of trying to keep my head on straight, with senior awards night, scholarship luncheons, piano recitals, figure skating competitions, figure skating expos, sports banquets, and high school graduation. (Did I mention I got to [...]
The problem with the type of cancer that can be managed-but-not-cured is that you never quite know when to update the masses that the patient is on an upswing and doing well. It's occurred to me recently that I'm always quick to let everyone know when we're riding that cancer train, but not always quick [...]
It's been a few months since I last blogged. Bet you all thought I was done with this writing thing, huh? The truth of the matter is that I've had both nothing and everything to blog about, which leads me to...avoid blogging altogether. I wanted to craft a post on how miserable catching Covid was [...]
A parent's job is never done. There's always appointments and therapy and lessons and endless testing and school projects to keep track of. By the end of May, most parents (and teachers, really) are ready to collapse in a heap of exhaustion. Myself, included. Amidst the current Covid spike, there are also a handful of [...]
Any artist will tell you the key to progressing in an artistic endeavor is consistency. This applies to painting, drawing, digital art, music composition, and yes, writing. Maybe especially writing. It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that, six months ago, I was deep in a writer's block. It wasn't that I [...]
I wrote this essay months ago, just as schools across the country opened amidst a worldwide pandemic, and we faced yet another unique set of challenges in the Storms household. Months later, as 2021 comes to a close and the schools plan to open on schedule starting January 3, 2022 regardless of the dramatic spike [...]
Every year I do a quick summary of what I've accomplished in my writing career and sometimes what I've accomplished in life. It's a great way to look back and realize I actually *have* been pretty busy, no, I *wasn't* slacking as much as I thought, and hey, this year wasn't so bad. (Covid and [...]
I'm tempted to leave the title and the title alone here in this blog post. Because damn. I am tired. I worked eighteen hours this week on a job that's supposed to take up no more than ten. And I did it all from home while supervising-slash-teaching my 11-year-old her ratios and fractions and comparisons [...]
Yesterday, we received a mystery package in the mail. We receive a lot of packages* in the mail, as husband is an avid collector of many things fishing-related. I assumed the small manila envelope contained a fly-fishing tin of some sort as I'd seen several of those make their way through his hands recently. So [...]
The day after husband's oncologist used the 'C' word at his 4-year followup visit, he got up early to go fishing. (A common occurrence in our household, as our friends and acquaintances know well.) When he returned, he was mumbling to himself as he walked in the front door, but I caught only the tail [...]
L. Ryan Storms 