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Toast to 2024

January 1, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Resolutions, anyone? I generally don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Why set myself up for failure? . That said, I like fitness coach Joan McDonald’s philosophy: "Your future you is … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: goals, New year, resolutions

The Little Pill and Deanna’s Big Story to Tell

November 13, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

You know the TV commercial... And it probably annoys the heck out of you because after you hear it, the tune plays in your head on endless repeat. I bet you could sing it in your sleep. That's the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Being Human Tagged With: actors, positivity

Ch-ch-changes

October 16, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

How you doing? No, how are you really doing, post pandemic? We've come a long way since 2019, with so much progress in vaccines and treatment, for those of us who believe in science, anyway. A few … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: covid, pandemic, writing

Text me. or text me

September 25, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Don't sweat punctuation… Michelle Markowitz, co-author of Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails, a book about off-the-rails group messages, is quoted in the … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Being Human, The Writing Life Tagged With: grammar, punctuation, texting

View Master of Worries: 3 am overthinking

September 11, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

In the middle of the night: I shift positions, check the time, punch the pillow into a fresh shape, and then lay there. The worries begin. Always the same concerns: Will my kids find happiness? … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: anxiety, insomnia, mental health, View-Master, worries

You’re so cute for your age

July 24, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

When you put it that way... A worker at a clinic recently introduced herself by saying she recognized me from a few years ago: "I remember you because you have such a cool haircut for a person of … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Being Human Tagged With: ageism, older persons

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line