Kara MuirSep 18, 20202 minI surrender!I realized the other day that I may be cracking a little under the pressure that is life these days...Just a little, I am not giving up...
Kara MuirSep 15, 20203 minThe oversharing apple doesn’t fall far from the over sharing tree: Unpacking Teddie Part 3What I unpack here is the story that was told to me by my mother, as well as my own point of view from my experience with her. I continue...
Kara MuirSep 11, 20202 minI have made statements about our world being on fire but this is ridiculous!First thing I have to say is that, no, ANTIFA did not start the fires. Again, ANTIFA IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION! Sorry to yell in caps, most...
Kara MuirSep 8, 20202 minCue the flying monkeys this wind is a real witch!The sky outside is ominous. Apparently this is a major weather event with winds that are supposed to be up to 60 miles an hour and some...
Kara MuirSep 4, 20203 minCancer is no match for WakandaChadwick Boseman... Wow, the news of his death stunned me. I know I am not the only one that was blown away by the death of such a...
Kara MuirSep 1, 20203 minMake America Not Hate AgainI actually got to leave town for a few days! We hauled the dog farm 100 miles to Astoria, Oregon to visit with Charles’ brother,...
Kara MuirAug 28, 20203 minMy milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and then sends them home screaming.I checked in to the hospital for abscess surgery on Tuesday at 2:30pm, I hadn’t eaten or drank anything since 9am that morning. Charles...
Kara MuirAug 25, 20201 minLet me take this moment to swear like a sailor, hold my corn cob pipe and my can of spinach...Just when one abscess wound is pretty much healed another steps in, raises its puss covered hand and says “Hey! What about me?” I am not...
Kara MuirAug 20, 20202 minChange of sceneryDue to some physical issues that popped up, I am going to give my unpacking of my mom a rest for a bit. I had said there may be healing...
Kara MuirAug 17, 20204 minThe over sharing apple doesn’t fall far from the over sharing tree: Unpacking Thelma part 2The saga continues... Thelma spent her early years in a neglectful and abusive household from what she told me when I was a child. My mom...
Kara MuirAug 14, 20204 minThe over sharing apple doesn’t fall far from the over sharing tree: Unpacking Thelma Part 1Disclaimer: These are my opinions, thoughts and experiences. I am only an expert in regards to myself and that too is debatable. In the...
Kara MuirAug 11, 20203 minButt HurtThis is the first period in my chemotherapy experience aka “Sparkling Infusion” that I have not had an interruption. The first round I...
Kara MuirAug 7, 20202 minI walk the line.I am taking a virtual nature journaling class right now. My herbalist/aromatherapist and basically Glenda The Good Witch incarnate, who...
Kara MuirAug 4, 20202 minGuantanaNO!Neither my pug Fiona nor I was shipped off to Guantanamo for being what our president referred to as “professional terrorists” so here we...
Kara MuirJul 31, 20203 minAND I thought the cancer was going to kill me!If you are not aware, I live in Portland, Oregon. I was actually born here just blocks from where the protests are happening and though I...
Kara MuirJul 28, 20203 minWho knew that stage 4 cancer, chemo and an impending AARP membership would give such an advantage?!In case you are wondering I did not win the first ever online sanctioned US Air Guitar competition that happened last Saturday but I did...
Kara MuirJul 24, 20202 minGood Gnus! I was going to spell “News” the traditional way but then I remembered Gary Gnu from the “Great Space Coaster” and got silly, blame the...
Kara MuirJul 21, 20202 minThe world is on fire so why not enter an online air guitar competition?Once again I wrote a huge chunk of blog post and it completely disappeared, ha! Maybe the universe was telling me that I needed to start...
Kara MuirJul 17, 20203 minPain, it’s what’s for dinnerI was thinking about pain today. Every time I go to the doctor they ask me if I have pain like they expect that I will say yes. I have...
Kara MuirJul 14, 20202 minTaxes and 1000 Pound Sisters I hate doing my taxes. I just started them today and the stress has taken a bit of a toll on me. Every year this happens but every year I...
