my careless contagion

This article. I read this at work and wanted to bawl. Go ahead and read it. It's about an old, married couple who died 33 hours apart. When you've been married 68 years and grew up together, being without that person feels like dying anyway. So when they leave for good, you follow them too. This story really touched me, so I'm sharing it. They were one person. I think that's rare in this world, at least it is now. Everyone has their own agenda now. Theirs is the kind of relationship I wanted, and now I'm staring at a future that is very lonely. Staying with one person — that one person who makes you feel alive and complete and happy your whole life — that's what I wanted. Yes, I know there are hard times, you don't have to tell me that, but how you feel about that person doesn't change. That's special. I feel my life has been incredibly unfair and unkind. I try not to complain, but, still, it's there in front of me. And, on top of that, I...

The Handsome Family has a song called All the Time in Airports , which talks about seeing someone familiar "just a hundred feet away." This person is always just out of reach , and when you get too close, they disappear. It's a phantom trick of the mind to make you believe you're seeing someone. You want them to appear, so like a dream they appear, but you're not really seeing them. So, too, this happens with television. Watch enough and you'll see people you know.  I'm one of perhaps millions enamored with Natalia Dyer's character on the Netflix hit Stranger Things. My reasons are personal. It's not like I have a thing for her. I think she's a great actress and she's obviously attractive, too. My reason for watching is because she reminds me of someone. If you've been following this blog, then I'm sure you can guess with 100 percent accuracy who that woman is.  Natalia's character, Nancy Wheeler, is from a good family...

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I guess because I'm obsessed.  Today in my feed, this ridiculous story about Meghan Markle popped up. Go ahead and read it. I'll wait.  First of all, how does Thanksgiving offend the British? The whole article is pointless right from the start. They just want to put her out there yet again. Because, well, she's adorable . Actually, they're both adorable.  Confession time. I've been obsessed with the newest royal couple since, well, since they've been a couple. Luckily for me, my Yahoo! feed sends me these stupid stories every day. Yes, every damn day.  One thing about me is I'm a bit of a dreamer. Maybe you've noticed. I like thinking that princes and princesses actually exist and they're blissfully happy in their snappy clothes as they attend every dinner, event, appearance, and wedding in the UK. I mean, do they ever sit down? All they do is go to a never-ending stream of events. It's ...