Notes on Being Human Archives - Page 2 of 33

The Alphabet Game: a (mostly) reliable way to fall asleep

December 15, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Quieting the Racing Mind, One Letter at a Time Like many creative insomniacs with squirrel brains, I collect sleep techniques the way some people collect candles. Dr. Suzanne Manser, whom I follow … Continue reading >>

The Christmas tree that helps me remember love doesn’t end

December 10, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

For Derek, 1979 - 2011 Every December, I bring a small plastic Christmas tree up from the basement. It's a little wobbly with stiff branches that bend downward. It’s not fancy. It’s not curated. … Continue reading >>

The Perimenopausal Heroine We’ve Been Waiting For

December 8, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Finally, a novel that tells the truth: Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair is more than a running joke about hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, and the general hormonal circus of … Continue reading >>

How I Shut Down a Car Wash Thanks to Buick’s Electronic Precision Shift (EPS)

November 10, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Neutral? What Neutral? Nothing’s more fun than shutting down the entire car wash because you forgot how to put your newish car in neutral. I aligned the front wheel of the car into the rails as … Continue reading >>

Because Bookstores, and you, Deserve Better Than Ballrooms

November 6, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Why I buy through Bookshop.org My husband and I decided to buy a book for each other for our November birthdays. The best part: ordering them from Bookshop.org and getting the above thank you … Continue reading >>

Five Marriages and a Brother Away from Vincent van Gogh

October 20, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Linda K. Sienkiewicz painted in the style of van Gogh

We're related, if you squint really hard: You know those people who claim they’re vaguely related to someone famous? As in “My grandmother’s neighbor’s hairdresser once cut Brad Pitt’s hair when he … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line