Miss SugarCookie

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  • 2025-07-02 Welcome to July

    2025-07-02 Welcome to July

    After my last post a friend of mine messaged me and said “good luck doing nothing.” Or something like that and it’s true… I set an intention for June to do less. I wanted to minimize the pressure I constantly feel to do more or counterbalance that feeling that I’m never doing enough. How frustrating…

  • 2025-04-27 Asked and Answered: Insights from I Ching Hexagram 64

    2025-04-27 Asked and Answered: Insights from I Ching Hexagram 64

    This week I’ve failed to finish (or even start) most items on my to-do list. I had a convo with my work wife, M, about this and we’re both suffering the same paralysis trying to get out of the gate. My mind is spinning and unable to stop long enough to focus on a task,…

  • 2025-03-24 Tides of March ☘️ Part 2

    2025-03-24 Tides of March ☘️ Part 2

    If you’re here for the sequel to the migraine saga, this is not the post you are looking for. /waves hand to punctuate Jedi mind powers…  One has to reach the conclusion before they are able to write the conclusion and though I feel I’m almost out of the woods (*hopefully*) I don’t want to…

  • 2025-12-29 The Ultimate Chutes and Ladders

    2025-12-29 The Ultimate Chutes and Ladders

    A few days ago I started a new entry, the all-encompassing year-end wrap-up. Cuz that’s my way. Or should I say, that’s usually my way. I’ve historically found it pretty satisfying to write about some topic, start to finish, where I can tie everything together with a beautiful bow and present it like a true…

  • 2024-12-28 Oh Those MFA Feels…

    2024-12-28 Oh Those MFA Feels…

    I’m headed back to Nebraska City today. The home of UNOs MFA residency experience, the birthplace of my poetry career. Can a person craft a career out of poetry?  No.  That’s laughable. But it’s the cool aid they serve and I drank it in giant gulps.  I exaggerate, of course, because that’s my way. A…

  • 2024-12-17 Oh, Hello Again.

    2024-12-17 Oh, Hello Again.

    December 17th. Happy Birthday Kel.  One of my oldest and dearest friends. We both rotated around the same circles in high school, tethered by the gravitational force of mutual friends and bonded by humor. I’m grateful for our many years of comradery and kinship.  December 17th is a day that always seems to want to…

  • 2024-12-06 But you still don’t like to leave before the end of the show…

    2024-12-06 But you still don’t like to leave before the end of the show…

    A lyric from a sad song about how tough life is and how terrible people can be. But we’re gonna stick around anyhow to witness how it all turns out. Right?!  What else can we do, anyway. The alternative is pretty bleak and I wouldn’t wish those thoughts on my worst enemy.  How about the…

  • 2024-10-31 A Spooky Sort of Update…

    2024-10-31 A Spooky Sort of Update…

    It feels great to be back on my elliptical machine. It was pretty depressing to be away for so long.  The sadness and melancholy I suffered the last couple months was primarily due the big shift in my routine, but as life typically has it, the injury was not the only contributing factor to my…