(Parenthetically Speaking...)

Miss Begotten is one of my pet names for myself, for Southern Gothic reasons best kept to myself. Miss Begotten tries to speak plainly, but sometimes she tends to babble -- parenthetically, of course. It's never my intention to offend (and usually that's true - except on those [maybe not so] rare occasions when I mean it very friggin' much) but it sometimes happens, so if you're unusually easily offended...

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Gloom, Interrupted

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  I feel a tap on my shoulder, look up, and there stands my fairy godmother. “Geez !” I shriek. “Don't you ever knock?” “ Where would ...
Friday, January 05, 2024

Drama Club

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  Remember the old Doors song? Damn, they are, aren't they? Strange, that is. People.  I'm not opposed to peeking in on a little dra...
Thursday, January 04, 2024

Plan B

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I am setting aside my Voodoo lessons for now. I've been advised that I'm going to need bigger guns than that for what I have in mind...
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Voodoo Part Deux

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  Day 2 of my emergency Voodoo education: somebody told me I'm going to need some chickens. What?! Dear God, do they have to be live chi...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Voodoo 101

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  I'm thinking about taking up Voodoo, and I need a primer. First things first, I guess. Like, where do you get the dolls? Is there a su...
Monday, January 01, 2024

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  And so it begins. 2024. What will this new year bring? Who can predict? Not I. All I can predict is that it'll be interesting – and t...
Friday, December 08, 2023

Hustle and Bustle

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Here in Virginia, we keep flipping back and forth from fall to winter. One recent day it was 81 degrees. 2 days later it was 40. That's ...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Under the Big Top

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  “Circus” nowadays doesn't mean what it used to mean. Rather, it now connotes chaos. We're living under the Big Top and the clowns ...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

It Doesn't Take A Crystall Ball

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  I saw a meme recently that really resonated with me. It said Intuition When you don't know how you know, But you know you know, And yo...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Fall...

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  ...is just around the corner. Thank goodness! It's been a long, hot summer. And a crazy one. We've had superstorms, wildfires, ext...
Friday, August 04, 2023

Of Bad Antics & Semantics

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  I really wish the word “hater,” in its current connotation, would disappear from the vernacular. Sounds like one of those Newspeak words t...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

The Heat Is On

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Dang, it's hot! It's been 90 or above for the last 2 weeks where I live, and creeping close to triple digits the last 2 days. I hate...
Friday, July 14, 2023

No Easy Fix

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  I have only one thing to say today: You can't fix stupid. You can try to rationalize a stupid thing or idea or trend or law, etc., e...
Friday, June 23, 2023

When You See Red...

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When some people see red flags, they think “Oh boy, a carnival!” Others run. I'm one of the others, because my brain functions somewhat ...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Us v. The Universe

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Some days I find myself saying I give up, I concede, let the Universe do what it will with me. Other days I say heck no, I'm not giving ...
Monday, June 05, 2023

DIY Therapy

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  Why am I blogging again after such a long hiatus? I've always found writing to be somewhat cathartic and/or therapeutic. Things occur ...
Sunday, June 04, 2023

Birthdays, Dog Days

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  I had a birthday recently. No big deal, just a day like any other. I became a year older, but still no big deal. We all have to do it, lik...
Saturday, June 03, 2023

The Hieroglyphics of IT

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My apartment complex is geared toward people of retirement age. There are a few Gen Xers and millenials, but they're a story for another...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Tick-Tock

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  My go-to books are generally in the mystery/suspense, police procedural, and hard-boiled detective genres. But I also read a lot of dystop...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

The Birthday Party

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  Neighbor Jessica recently had a birthday. To celebrate, her kids threw her a catered party. Where? In the complex's clubhouse. Who was...
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You can call me "Serena" or just SJ. If you call me anything else, I'll hear about it. Believe it. I write every now and then and I ... read. I love a good mystery/thriller. If it has me up late, double-checking the locks on the doors, it's hit the mark. I want... Well, I'll let you know when I know. I ADORE comments, by the way (hint-hint).
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