Traci's Blog

I know it’s been quite some time since you’ve heard from me, but all I can say is that it’s been quite a year! In May of this year, I announced to the world via Facebook that I had been diagnosed with Hashimoto's, a form of hypothyroidism. A friend of mine told me of all the illnesses anyone could g...

Maybe you haven’t missed my newsletter for the last 2 weeks, but I have!  I’ve been insanely busy these past few weeks.  I’m not complaining…but sometimes it gets in the way of writing my blog.  I added teaching two 6-week courses to my schedule.  The courses are 2 hours each, so by the time I prepa...

I’m tired of COVID-19. There, I said it. After two years of masks, vaccines, quarantines, and “science,” we are no closer to “flattening the curve” than we are to seeing Dolly Parton wear an AA bra. I’m not going to quote all kinds of life and death stats, survival percentage rates, and why you shou...

The life I am living right now is very different from the life I had less than 6 months ago. And that’s very different from the life I had a year ago. And that’s very different from the life I had 2 years ago, 5 years ago, and 10 years ago.

I’ve had to make some tough choices about the direction my...

Doug and I celebrated the 3rd anniversary of meeting each other this past Friday. We met through OKCupid.com, which is not all that different from how millions of others meet potential boyfriends and girlfriends. What was different about us was HOW we went about it. 

I read a ton of books on how to...

Yesterday was an amazing day. Doug and I began our day having an amazing breakfast buffet with our “chosen family” at Paradise Lakes Clothing Optional Resort. We then headed to the pool area to relax. At 1 pm, the owners of the resort and several guests poured several bottles of Mr. Bubble into the ...

I think everybody has THAT song, that when they hear it, they are magically transported to another world. I know whenever I hear Anyway You Want It by Journey…I’m back in junior high (young people: it’s what we had before Middle School). Whenever I hear Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf, I’m cruising the ...

Learn the art of agelessness!

For 18 years, I was a professional people watcher, also known as a “comedian.” I got paid to watch humans and report on the weirdness of what they do in the funniest way possible. After many years of training, I now simply walk into any room and, at one glance, can put...

The Ghosts of Crafts Past... My mother used to get me all kinds of craft things when I was growing up. She loved sewing and crafts, my family members loved sewing and crafts, so it was just a natural progression that I did them too. Somehow, the crafting gene that was supposed to be transmitted gene...