October, 2021 | Shrink Around the House

Musings on an October Day

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Jane Halvorsen

I took a walk today and the trees and the sky and the geese and the translucent air were just spectacular. A glance in just about any direction would pile on heart-stopping reds and yellows and Christmas-tree green and summer-tree green all suspended on an arc of faultless blue. It was stunning. I like it […]

Childhood Crime & Conscience

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Jane Halvorsen

Growing up I always liked myself best when I was doing something bad. This is in spite of the terror I felt of being found out and punished. I was almost never bad, which I now see stunted my personal growth in many ways. I was a parentified child to the max, making lunch and […]