by SB Rawz | Apr 10, 2023 | The Deep Dive
I recently saw a wasp for the first time this season. It buzzed past us as we ate lunch in the yard and I watched as it flew away, relieved that it didn’t hang out for a sniff or whatever it is they do to process their environment. Though I have long been training... by SB Rawz | Sep 12, 2022 | Bigger Badder Life
Here’s the conundrum when you discover a mouse has been creeping around your home: There are no options that aren’t a death sentence for the mouse. Option 1: Use kill-em-dead traps Option 2: Use keep-em-alive traps and then move them far enough away that they can’t... by SB Rawz | Aug 8, 2022 | The Deep Dive
A couple of weeks ago, I did something that felt pretty radical. As a nurse beckoned me from the waiting room to a scale on the way to the exam room in my doctor’s office, I asked, “Why?” Why step on the scale? What info to be had from the fact that my weigh goes up a... by SB Rawz | Nov 8, 2021 | The Deep Dive
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. – Carl Rogers While there was most certainly a time in my life before I felt body-consciousness – abundant stories and even a few photos testify to my joyful aversion to clothes... by SB Rawz | Sep 27, 2021 | The Deep Dive
My ankles are covered in bug bites. It’s such a little thing. Literally: They’re tiny little crested mounds of bug-inflicted ick. In the scheme of things: These, though I don’t know what caused them, will lose their potency in days and fade back into plains of...