It would be a stretch to say that all Christmas music is beautiful. Every year when turkey-leftover soup is still very much on the menu and I find myself in a store singing along with some ear-gnawing song, I cringe with self-derision. But the Christmas carols, the ones I have heard and sung since birth, [...]
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Hallelujah!
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, Living Authentically, Looking for the Spiritual, tagged authenticity, music, religion, singing on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fry-daddies and other down-right scary things
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, Life, Home & Community, tagged food on March 22, 2010 | 8 Comments »
This post is off topic but a necessary rant for me (thanks for listening). I’m not one to promote TV shows or popular culture issues or to insert highly Google-able words just to get readership. If I was in this for high stats I would change my focus – “journaling” isn’t exactly a hot SEO. [...]
Driving ourselves to debt (pt 2)
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, Life, Home & Community, Living Authentically, tagged money, shopping on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, my name is Joanna, and I am a Shopper. OK, I admit, I’m a shoe whore. I also like to be surrounded by pretty things. I love matching dishes and coordinating bedrooms. I prefer to have the perfect weight jacket for the temperature and the most appropriate mode of transportation for my baby (i.e. [...]
It’s like, gag me
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, tagged politics on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the smell of skunk spray immediately after ejection – sickly sweet. What is that word? Smarmy. “Revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness….” Yay, that’s it. The videos at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions are just plain smarmy. Obama’s was OK, but Clinton’s? Lord. I didn’t see Palin’s, but McCain’s [...]
Stop the hatred… PLEASE!
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, tagged politics, religion on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Warning: This post contains sarcasm, cynicism and downright anger. “The answer is: ‘If [she] were a __________, she would have aborted the baby.’” “What is a dying 12-year old who was raped by her father?” “Incorrect.” “What is a Democrat?” “That is correct.” According to a lovely lady called Phyllis Schlafly, if Sara Palin, the [...]
Why did the rabbit cross the road?
Posted in In my Humble Opinion, tagged kids on August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Because he’s afraid of a squirrel. Huh? Yeah, I don’t get it either. Can someone please tell me why a rabbit, one that wears clothes, goes to school, and watches TV would be afraid of the squirrels in the back yard, and furthermore, why aren’t these squirrels also wearing clothes and conversing at the library [...]





