Veteran Grudge-Bearer Right Here

I’m working on letting go of my grudges, but my natural inclination is to hold on to them forever. Not healthy, I know, but the topic is something I’ve actually put a lot of thought into. The organized rendition of these musings is found in this article I published on Medium. Please give it aContinue reading “Veteran Grudge-Bearer Right Here”

Who Is St. Ives?

My name is Ivy. It’s short enough and shouldn’t have a nickname. Still, those three letters comprise two syllables and compel the lazy to shorten them even more, but in reducing the number of syllables, they inadvertently augment the spelling into four letters: Ives. A word to the wise, I don’t like being called Ives,Continue reading “Who Is St. Ives?”

Anybody Else on Medium?

Follow me and I’ll follow back. Anyway, let me just first laugh bitterly before I answer this prompt. I had two careers lined up in my dewy youth. I was a Spanish teacher and I was a writer. Writing tended to take a step back whenever I was gainfully employed, but I had been doingContinue reading “Anybody Else on Medium?”

Animal Rescuer (and Avenger)

This was the first thing to come to mind. I waste a lot of time on various social media crying over animal rescues in all the tenses – animals that have been rescued, that are currently being rescued, or that still need rescuing. I always wish that I could be helping out and then heapingContinue reading “Animal Rescuer (and Avenger)”