I tweeted that I would name this blog post thusly so here it is! If you’re reading this then you know that I’ve been “Kiari” online for a bit of time now. I consider it my online name and I began using it in 1997, its first incarnation on AOL. A year later, I scooped…
Author: valerie
TWITL – week twenty-three – maybe you’ll say
maybe you’ll say I have it all living the dream love and light joy and curiosity maybe you’ll say how could it be I made you laugh I made you cry I made you think maybe you’ll say I had no reason to walk away to end this dream to turn to memory maybe you’ll…
TWITL – week twenty-two – how a short week felt so long
maybe you miss me those bits of sweet attention filled with such longing It was a short work week but lo, it felt so long! I’m not even sure that it really dragged or anything of the sort. No, it was more that the days were busy and such. Also, the weather started to turn…
TWITL – week twenty-one – a long weekend
the touch of the sun so sweet and warm on the skin more than summer’s hint MOVIES Solo: A Star Wars Story – When the husband asked me how I liked the movie, I did not give it the rousing recommendation that I had for the last few movies I’ve watched and whilst drinking some…
TWITL – week twenty – if your SO is a “celebrity”
Dear Significant Other of My Favorite Fella (other than the lovely Sabina because she deserves her own letter), I don’t know you and you don’t know me but we have something in common – we both simply adore my fella. In some cases, depending on the fella, I’ve had my sights set on him for…
TWITL – week nineteen – #TheDifference and other fangirl things
Tyler Rich made his television debut on the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda! I’m one of those fans who can say, “I met him when…” But this time I actually KNOW Tyler. I know him, he knows me, and as he embarks on this latest chapter of his journey, I will watch with…
TWITL – week eighteen – birthday weekend
Happy Birthday to me! Third of May belongs to me and I took the day off and the next to make a long weekend and here we are. I didn’t do much on my actual birthday– twas lazy then had a lovely dinner. On Friday I had sushi for lunch (yah!) then watched Avengers: Infinity…
TWITL – week seventeen – movie, baseball, cemetery
MOVIES Avengers: Infinity War – No spoilers from me! I will say that I need to watch this movie at least two more times to really digest the events in the movie. Also, I had to get up twice to the ladies room so I’m missed two parts. Oh no! I don’t think it hurt…
TWITL – week sixteen – two dozen years
Monday the 16th was our 24th wedding anniversary. Where have the years gone? The years have been filled with ups and downs but always too with love and laughter and more good times than bad. I consider myself pretty lucky that we still love and LIKE each other. We enjoy spending time together but we’re…
TWITL – week fifteen – forgotten for the moment
the skies darken the wind howls the sun fights to shine the clouds will not comply time loosens its grip dreams become forever relief from this storm brewing out there swirling in here the silence falls the darkness envelopes the stars stay away forgotten for the moment Cure Caleb’s Colon – Read Caleb’s story. He’s…
TWITL – week fourteen – the little things
the little things remind me of you the whisper of the wind the last chord of a song sometimes I smile forgetting the end while remembering the laughter the sweetness untarnished a careless phrase conjuring a moment a memory best left to dreams softly lit gentled by hope and whimsy the little things that remind…
TWITL – week thirteen – Happy Easter!
I begin this post on Good Friday, the beginning of my long weekend. I didn’t follow any of the usual Lent practices. I didn’t give up anything and I think I’ve been pretty much eating meat on Fridays. Ah well, I haven’t been a practicing Catholic for many moons. I’m sure that’s pretty evident. Baseball…