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The Fear is Real: heights, bridges, and other debilitating fears

April 29, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Shake it up: Here I am in Tucson, Arizona, smiling hugely from way up high. I look giddy with happiness. Truthfully, I was giddy with fear. You can't see how hard I'm shaking. My entire being! With … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life Tagged With: acrophobia, cognitive behavioral therapy, fear of bridges, Gephyrophobia, phobias

Simple beliefs that hold true

April 22, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A journaling exercise When cleaning a deep, dark and very dusty closet recently, I found a little blue notebook that I wrote in when my friend Rebecca Vlasic and I conducted journaling workshops at … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: beliefs, diaries, journaling

How do you hang up the phone?

March 18, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hang ups: We end phone calls with the mere tap of a finger. When I was young, it was exciting to hang up on someone by slamming the receiver down. Slam your cell phone down and you might shatter … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life Tagged With: changing language, Language, outdated words, slang

Queen Clementine: a Dog Story

February 19, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

The gift of dogs Dogs bring so much into our lives that I sometimes wonder how we can ever repay them. Clementine was like a gift. When our kids were growing up, we had a wonderful chocolate … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Life Tagged With: Clementine, corgi, dogs, pet loss

Red River Valley, for Dad on his birthday

January 15, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Such a sad song When I was a little girl, I asked my late father to tell me his favorite song..."the most beautiful song you ever heard." He thought a minute. “I guess it’d have to be ‘Red … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Notes on Life Tagged With: family, grief, humor

Talking with myself

January 8, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Weird habit or normal? I confess: I replay or create conversations aloud. I expound. I pontificate. I argue. I talk in the bathroom. I talk when folding laundry. I talk when walking the dogs. I … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: self-talk

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Author of Love and Other Incurable Ailments, poet, artist, corgi aficionado, crafter and klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line