Notes on Being Human Archives - Page 3 of 32

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 >>

From Treadle to Kenmore: A Family Sewing Legacy That Outlasts JoAnn Fabrics

October 6, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Passing Down a Sewing Legacy: My grandmother Elsie taught me basics of hand sewing. My mother sewed clothes and doll dresses for me, and then taught me sewing on her Singer treadle machine. I still … Continue reading >>

Autumn: a season of celebration and grief

September 29, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

When Autumn Stopped Being So Beautiful: For Derek, 9/29/1979 - 10/26/2011 Fall unsettles me.The air cools with a hushthat's both fleeting and permanent.The moon reflects silenceand absence.My … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

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