Chrissie’s Blog
New Bed
I have a brand-new bed! Yes, I’m excited. I’d been sleeping on my other mattress for over fifteen years, and it had grown flimsy and caused hip aches on a regular basis. I’ve been hinting to Russ that I needed a new one for months but was getting nowhere. We had a...
Writing Update
I’ve not been as diligent about writing s I need to be. I feel like I’m going through the motions, but not getting a whole lot done since I wrapped up my first draft of the short story collection. There’s still a lot to do with it. I just can’t seem to find the...
Cleaning Out
We recently spent almost a week trying to get started cleaning out Russ’ parents’ house in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. When my mom passed away, we didn’t have to do this. The doublewide on the God-forsaken Hill had been abandoned and was my sister Sarah’s...
Can You Feel It
On November 1, a long-time dream came true. I got to see the remaining Jacksons (sans Jermaine and Randy) perform a show at the Hard Rock Casino in Cincinnati, Ohio. I had thought that Jermaine would be there, so I was initially a little disappointed, but once the...
On Being Tired
"She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.” – Virginia Woolf"She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.” – Virginia Woolf I feel this recently, all the way...
35th High School Class Reunion
After months of preparations and excited planning, the 35th Class Reunion of the Class of 1989 met in Tazewell, Virginia, over the weekend, some members coming from a far away as Alabama (Jeff Price), Arkansas (Robbie Yost), and Florida (Kenny Lowe). Some class...