2016: Stormy’s year to “Choose Different”
New Year’s and its related resolutions are a perennial theme for KitKat and me. (YES, we’ve been doing the blog long enough now to have “perennial themes”—and the fact that this blog started out as a...
View ArticleWell, it’s not rocket science…
Right now, I’m sitting in a hospital waiting room as my husband has brain surgery. The road here wasn’t short. When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 13 years ago, we investigated treatments but found...
View ArticleTest driving the new brain
In my last post, I explained the process my husband was undergoing for brain surgery. I’m happy to report that the results are better than either of us were expecting. I’ve described his off and on...
View ArticleChasing rainbows
I know what some of you are thinking… “I started reading this blog because Stormy and KitKat promised they are more messed up than me. But now all I’m getting are introspective posts on world politics,...
View ArticleThe family you choose…
At the beginning of summer, my company lost a dear colleague unexpectedly. This woman was the kind of person who had friends everywhere—at all levels within the business, in all geographies—and it sent...
View ArticleStormy & KitKat for office? That’s just the ticket!
Someone recently posted on my Facebook page, “Stormy for President! I’d vote for you…” This made me laugh because I view politics as a necessary evil and generally identify as an Independent. I usually...
View ArticleTroll Control: Don’t feed the algorithms!
Have you ever known something but also not known it at the same time? That is, you intellectually know the facts around a subject, but emotionally or philosophically it takes you a while to connect...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Bettys
On Friday, as I was anxiously counting down the final moments of this dismal year, I got the news from my husband that Betty White had died. “Really?!” I asked, while already fully believing it was...
View ArticleHappy Blogoversary!
A decade later, it’s STILL easier said than done. The other day, I realized this blog is now in the “double digits.” That means that for more than a decade, KitKat and I have used this space to vent,...
View ArticleOne woman’s utopia: A Barbieland society with ample pickleball courts
When I first heard about The Barbie Movie, I wasn’t that interested—a movie about Barbie dolls? Unlike KitKat, who grew up with sisters and played with Barbies a lot, I never even had an actual Barbie...
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