Cassina Farley

Well. it’s October. I had huge plans. In my quarantined fantasy, life would have returned to normal by now and we would all have skipped off into the sunset. Instead we are all circling the political toilet. Things have gotten bad. Family dinners and birthday parties have become minefields that I must survive, and I […]

This has gone on way longer than I’m sure any of us could have imagined. We are restless, irritated and put out by everything associated with the virus. Have you seen the dogs in this town? My dogs are starting to get buff from all the walks around the block.  I’ve baked all the bread, […]

Well, it feels like summer is cancelled. I find myself with bubbles and crayons and not a single kid to share them with. Used to be, by this time of year we are in full swing at the Art Center playing games, dancing in the theater and making pottery only our grandmas would love. I […]

If you have been following along then you know that last month I wished publicly for a broken leg. (AKA time off) Well, the Universe saw my broken leg and raised me a ruptured appendix. Be careful what you ask for.  All kidding aside, it was one of the scarier events I have ever endured […]

To say that recent events have been disruptive in my world is an understatement. I haven’t spent this much time at home in years. I remember being so busy and overwhelmed that I once wished that I would break my leg just so that I could have some down time.  I fantasized about being laid […]

I do most of my reading at night, in bed with the help of my bedside lamp. Usually I read novels, sometimes the newspaper and, regrettably, often I just read what’s given to me via Facebook and Instagram from my smart phone. Thanks to social media we now know exactly what we should be up […]

Sometime during the day (January 3, 2020 for the record), unbeknownst to us, a random man in a random van parked across the street from our house. This time of year, it is no surprise to see cars lined up along the street with empty bike racks, adventurers off on an epic ride leaving their […]

Fortunately, my family comes together often. Mainly because we all live no more than an hour away from each other, but mostly because we like each other. I used to think that I couldn’t be more different than these folks with their wild ideas on politics or their excessive use of jalapenos in salsa, but […]