The Tide Washes Out; The Tide Washes In. 2017/2018

Sifting through the sands of this crazy-making, head-banging,  life-changing, heart-stomping year,  I turn once again to my annual exercise of cataloging its “ins and outs”.  So much to process personally, spiritually, politically, professionally! Yikes!  So after three hours of scribbling in my notebook, listening to Christmas carols on my couch, I present to you my hundredfold list —  in no particular order and without commentary.

2017 Out/ 2018 In

1. 62/63
2. 3 kids/4 kids
3. Divine Intervention/Home for the Holidays
4. Fabletics/AdoreMe
5. Day on the couch/Day at the office
6. Joni Mitchell/ Wailin’ Jennys
7. Little Sister/Big Sister
8. Not Ready to be a Cat Lady/Cat Lady
9. TOMS/Rothy’s
10. Egg Salad/Tuna Salad
11. The Crown/Victoria
12. Guardian Angels/Better Angels
13. Muslim Ban/Love Your Muslim Neighbor
14. Newspapers/Manuscripts
15. HuffPost/Washington Post
16. Author Once/Author Twice
17. No TV/Fire TV
18. Virginia/Vermont
19. Organic/Oreos
20. White Christmas/White Reindeer
21. Peacemaker/Truth Teller
22. Good Girl/Bad Ass
23. DC Singles/Elite Singles
24. St Patrick’s Day/St Valentine’s Day
25. Celtic/Irish
26. Library of the Seminary/Library of Congress
27. Preacher/Poet
28. Left turns/“Right Turn”
29. DayQuil/NyQuil
30. Mom/Biomom
31. Liquid soap/Bar soap
32. Resistance/Persistence
33. Blinds/Shades
34. Book of Mormon/Cats
35. Shirley Jackson/Erik Larson
36. Angie’s List/Emily’s List
37. Safety pins/Clothes pins
38. Laurel & Hardy/Cheshire & Charlie
39. Facebook/Instagram
40. Almond milk/Coconut creamer
41. Vitamins/Probiotics
42. Walking shoes/Saddle shoes
43. Colored pencils/Colored pens
44. History/Her Story
45. Fleece/Wool
46. Evening Prayer/Night Prayer
47. Quaker Oats/Quaker Meetings
48. Cincture & Alb/Cassock & Surplice
49. Daydreaming/Critical thinking
50. Advent/Christmas
51. Snow Globes/Snow flurries
52. Linoleum/Tile
53. Keeping secrets/Spilling the beans
54. Democrat/democratic
55. Burt’s Bees/Bare Minerals
56. Amazon.dot.com/East City Book Shop
57. Digital/Paper
58. Credit cards/HELOC
59. Single/Available
60. Communion/Reunion
61. Survival/Revival
62. Categories/Cat toys
63. Trump Nation/Salvation
64. Great kids/Grandkids
65. Anthropologie/Anthropology
66. Head space/Fireplace
67. Scrambled eggs/Egg Nog
68. Pill box/Litter box
69. Granola/Muesli
70. Luther Strange/Stranger Things
71. Humidity/Humidifier
72. Gilligan’s Island/Great Cranberry Island
73. UPPER  CASE/lower case
74. Walking Dead/Exquisite Corpse
75. Russians/Russian Orthodox
76. Laundry room/Kitchen
77. Pier One/World Market
78. Anonymous/Anonymous Four
79. South Meadows/Huntley Meadows
80. DVDS/Blu-Rays
81. Semicolons/Ampersands
82. Ruminating/Illuminating
83. Life jackets/Life Savers
84. The Bells of Saint Mary’s/The Bells of Dublin
85. Trash/Treasure
86. Nurture/Nature
87. WD40/DNA
88. Off ramps/On ramps
89. Anarchist/Archivist
90. Green apples/The Big Apple
91. Scarlet Alabama/Purple Alabama
92. Puzzles/Puppets
93. Confession/Reconciliation
94. 6:30/Half past six
95. Tea lights/Votives
96. Maternal Outlaw/Mother-in-law
97. Peacock things/Peacock persons
98. Bananagrams/Scrabble
99. Celebrant/Priestess
100. Pink Hatter/Madder Hatter

& forever the Unfiltered —  Unorthodox & Unhinged!

A very happy 2018 to you and yours!