Miss SugarCookie

Category: lit mag

  • 2024-04-12 What it Means to be Seen and Heard…

    2024-04-12 What it Means to be Seen and Heard…

    I need to tell someone. But I don’t have anyone to tell. A therapist might say this need comes from my childhood when I was mostly ignored by my parents. I was a child doing a thing a child thought was the right thing to do – be seen and not heard. Turns out, I…

  • 2024-02-11 I just thought you should know…

    2024-02-11 I just thought you should know…

    As I drive in my car, north on I-29 from Kansas City to Omaha Nebraska, my home, I’m thinking about how I still have not yet wrapped my head around the fact that it is 2024. Yet, here we are, already it’s February, and already AWP 2024 is in the rearview.  It was my second…

  • 2023-10-31 No Tricks. Only Treats…

    2023-10-31 No Tricks. Only Treats…

    Last day of the month. And it’s Halloween which used to be a fun time when the kids were little but these days I’m all like, yawn… whatever. The outside of our house is thoroughly decorated no thanks to yours truly. And we’re ready with those full size candy bars, but again, I prolly won’t…

  • 2023-09-21 Next Stop: Peace and Quiet

    2023-09-21 Next Stop: Peace and Quiet

    We’re ⅔ through the month of September and just that much closer to the Autumn finish line and BIG changes. I’ve mentioned these BIG changes before but haven’t yet done a good job defining what that is. That’s probably because I don’t really know what it’s going to look like. And I might not know…

  • 2023-09-03 Headed for BIG MOVES, at my own pace…

    2023-09-03 Headed for BIG MOVES, at my own pace…

    I put a lot of thought into almost everything. Too much sometimes and often to my own detriment. I might argue that over-analysis has led to some really great outcomes but chaos theory has a way of throwing off any statistics I might try to use to prove my point.  Which is a fancy way…

  • 2023-08-23 It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me…

    2023-08-23 It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me…

    “Holy buckets Batman, this must mean the end is near!” Batman straightens up a little, cracks a single knuckle, and slowly turns to face the exclamation, “Why’s that?” “Two! Count them… one… TWO blog posts within the same week!!”  Batman shrugs.  Batman has a long list of bad guys to bring to justice and hasn’t…

  • 2023-05-18 Organize to Prioritize

    2023-05-18 Organize to Prioritize

    I started this post just now because I have a lot of thoughts. Lots of disorganized-all-over-the-map thoughts. Maybe I’m hoping getting it all down will help to sort through it and pick out my priorities. I move my daughter home from UNL yesterday and she’s officially a senior in college. Super hard to believe, but…

  • 2023-04-11 There’s No Way Like the Just Say “No” Way…

    2023-04-11 There’s No Way Like the Just Say “No” Way…

    My current declaration is that I am backing off from making new commitments and revoking goals that have previously been set. I’m just saying “no.” I don’t have any more professional public appearances on the books and have completely let go of *most* of my monthly resolutions—No dietary modifications, writing objectives, reading quotas, exercise directives,…