Debby Does…

Blog

  • Playing house, making lemonade, and settling in wherever…

    Since leaving New Jersey in late May, we’ve been bouncing around quite a bit. As a serial nester, I try to make every temporary spot comfy and cozy. I bring quilts and pillows and all… Read more

  • Women, wild and wonderful, wondering and willful. Worthy.

    I think, as women, we often shaped our identities based on, not just our moms and mom figures, but on the ladies who lit up our televisions every night. I was born in 1970, so… Read more

  • Isolation Nation

    I’m going to start with a sort of disclaimer, a caveat, a reader beware. I have a lot of issues with public education. Having worked as an educator for 25 years, I have seen everything… Read more

  • The Look and Lack of Leadership

    Over the past few months, since I retired and stepped away from other longterm endeavors, I’ve been thinking about leadership and leaders more often than I imagined. I find myself considering what leadership looks like… Read more

  • Summer and my lonely soul

    First, I think I must say that my thoughts are more than a bit disheveled on this topic. I need to take myself through them and around them, and I’m dragging you along. Maybe something… Read more

  • The lost art of the Sunday drive

    From our earliest dating days, Jim and I have loved road trips. After dating only about two months, we road tripped from Iron Mountain, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, through OshKosh, Wisconsin (because I had… Read more

  • Saturday morning randomisms…

    I’m sitting in my soon to be demolished kitchen, eating puffy Cheetos, drinking unsweetened black iced tea, and appreciating, now that I am done with Paxlovid, the taste of these things, as opposed to the… Read more

  • Assuming the worst, instead of the best

    This is a topic with which I am awfully familiar. I have written about it before. I have experienced it before, as the person of whom the worst was assumed. And, in the interest of… Read more

  • Cancer, the gift that keeps on giving.

    In October of 2020, I was diagnosed with breast cancer—two different types of tumors in my left breast, because I am an overachiever. Also, I like to have major life events during pandemics and things… Read more

  • Is aging ever really graceful?

    I was talking to a friend the other day. I’ve known her more than 30 years, having met during the pageant time of our lives. She is easily one of the most stunningly beautiful humans… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

Well, if you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m Debby. I’ve got a lot to say, a lot to do, and a lot to learn. Come on along for all the fun, the thoughts, and more.