The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: approval

  • Why is Cool Still Cool?

    Why is Cool Still Cool?

    Cool has a culturally loaded history.

  • Let’s Be Gentle with Ourselves

    I’d rather be a hammock than a trampoline.

  • A Deep, Deep Discount

    The arrogance.

  • Sanitizing My Sanity

    I need to stop letting certain things get to me.

  • Much Better than a Cult

    Look for the good in the world. Accept nothing less.

  • Plaudits

    plaudit noun. plau·dit \ ˈplȯ-dət \ 1 : an act or round of applause 2 : enthusiastic approval —usually used in plural received the plaudits of the critics Plaudit is one of my favorite words. I wish it were used more often. I love the sound of it, but I especially love the sentiment behind…

  • Justifying Grief

    I’ve written a lot of posts about my late boyfriend, Chuck, about how much I miss him, about coping with my grief, about how I think about him all the time, and also about how complicated our relationship was, due to his Traumatic Brain Injury. Well, the other day, I was contacted by one of…

  • Why Is This One Different?

    I have been hearing a lot of people saying that those of us who didn’t vote for Trump need to “get over it,” “quit our whining,” and “move on”. It’s not the first time my person didn’t win. I mean, I’ve lived through Reagan and both of the Bushes, after all. And I did, in…

  • Another Story–About Saying Yes

    I told yet another story at my local storytelling group, Fresh Ground Stories here in Seattle, Washington. I’m becoming addicted to this group and all the wonderful people in it. I never would have imagined that I’d take to standing in front of a group of 150 people and exposing my soft underbelly, but there…

  • On Being Judged

    Recently I made a new friend, Bob, and he makes me feel different than anyone ever has. For a while there I couldn’t figure out what the difference was, exactly. I only knew it was there. And it was significant enough to cause me to give the situation a great deal of thought. Finally one…