Category Archives: Learning Life

Messy Middle

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Mrs. Spit

My life is in that liminal space where you are trying to remove all of your personal effects to sell a house, while also trying to integrate an entire existing house into another entire existing house, without bending the rules … Continue reading →

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The Lights in the Tree

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

It was a late August night when the sunset seems to last for hours, and even past the sunset the lights in the tree and the solar lights and the company make another sort of day out of night. It … Continue reading →

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I Still Haven’t

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

Last year on September 12, I wrote the first post about Andy and brain cancer. At that point, we didn’t know if it was brain cancer. We certainly didn’t know that he would be dead in May. Christie called me … Continue reading →

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There is no Rhyme

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

After almost a week of no anxiety, it reared its head last week. Twice. If you are me, you try and reason your way out of it. You try and sort out what it is that triggered the anxiety and … Continue reading →

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A Canticle for Atheists

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

From 1994 to 1997 I recited compline every night while I was at school. Within compline is a part called the Nunc Dimittis, it’s canticle – a portion of scripture that is recited together. Perhaps it was the sheer number … Continue reading →

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The Downside of Up

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

I have been trying to stick to a routine in these days of social distancing. I have been trying to get up at about the same time, go to bed at the same time, get dressed, put on makeup, walk … Continue reading →

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Kid Cheryl

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Mrs. Spit

I hated winter clothing when I was a kid. I hated being overly warm, I hated the fuss and the bulk and exertion of putting on multiple layers. I hated constantly struggling to shove all my hair under a hat … Continue reading →

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Lying

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Mrs. Spit

I wasn’t lying, although I appreciated the question. I have had a cold for three weeks now. I am an average of 67% mucus, which means that I am constantly sniffling and blowing my nose. My eyes are red. I … Continue reading →

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Living Small

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Mrs. Spit

I have no problem with the Buddhist assertion that life is suffering. I say this not in a cynical world weary sort of way. It’s just a statement of fact. Life involves suffering. What I struggled with is the idea … Continue reading →

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Piano Lessons

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Mrs. Spit

I had a classmate who was really good at math. It came easily to her, like breathing. Math was . . . incomprehensible to me. I’ve learned since it isn’t that it’s incomprehensible, it’s just hard. I pass math by … Continue reading →

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