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
- 62/63
- 3 kids/4 kids
- Divine Intervention/Home for the Holidays
- Fabletics/AdoreMe
- Day on the couch/Day at the office
- Joni Mitchell/ Wailin’ Jennys
- Little Sister/Big Sister
- Not Ready to be a Cat Lady/Cat Lady
- TOMS/Rothy’s
- Egg Salad/Tuna Salad
- The Crown/Victoria
- Guardian Angels/Better Angels
- Muslim Ban/Love Your Muslim Neighbor
- Newspapers/Manuscripts
- HuffPost/Washington Post
- Author Once/Author Twice
- No TV/Fire TV
- Virginia/Vermont
- Organic/Oreos
- White Christmas/White Reindeer
- Peacemaker/Truth Teller
- Good Girl/Bad Ass
- DC Singles/Elite Singles
- St Patrick’s Day/St Valentine’s Day
- Celtic/Irish
- Library of the Seminary/Library of Congress
- Preacher/Poet
- Left turns/“Right Turn”
- DayQuil/NyQuil
- Mom/Biomom
- Liquid soap/Bar soap
- Resistance/Persistence
- Blinds/Shades
- Book of Mormon/Cats
- Shirley Jackson/Erik Larson
- Angie’s List/Emily’s List
- Safety pins/Clothes pins
- Laurel & Hardy/Cheshire & Charlie
- Facebook/Instagram
- Almond milk/Coconut creamer
- Vitamins/Probiotics
- Walking shoes/Saddle shoes
- Colored pencils/Colored pens
- History/Her Story
- Fleece/Wool
- Evening Prayer/Night Prayer
- Quaker Oats/Quaker Meetings
- Cincture & Alb/Cassock & Surplice
- Daydreaming/Critical thinking
- Advent/Christmas
- Snow Globes/Snow flurries
- Linoleum/Tile
- Keeping secrets/Spilling the beans
- Democrat/democratic
- Burt’s Bees/Bare Minerals
- Amazon.dot.com/East City Book Shop
- Digital/Paper
- Credit cards/HELOC
- Single/Available
- Communion/Reunion
- Survival/Revival
- Categories/Cat toys
- Trump Nation/Salvation
- Great kids/Grandkids
- Anthropologie/Anthropology
- Head space/Fireplace
- Scrambled eggs/Egg Nog
- Pill box/Litter box
- Granola/Muesli
- Luther Strange/Stranger Things
- Humidity/Humidifier
- Gilligan’s Island/Great Cranberry Island
- UPPER CASE/lower case
- Walking Dead/Exquisite Corpse
- Russians/Russian Orthodox
- Laundry room/Kitchen
- Pier One/World Market
- Anonymous/Anonymous Four
- South Meadows/Huntley Meadows
- DVDS/Blu-Rays
- Semicolons/Ampersands
- Ruminating/Illuminating
- Life jackets/Life Savers
- The Bells of Saint Mary’s/The Bells of Dublin
- Trash/Treasure
- Nurture/Nature
- WD40/DNA
- Off ramps/On ramps
- Anarchist/Archivist
- Green apples/The Big Apple
- Scarlet Alabama/Purple Alabama
- Puzzles/Puppets
- Confession/Reconciliation
- 6:30/Half past six
- Tea lights/Votives
- Maternal Outlaw/Mother-in-law
- Peacock things/Peacock persons
- Bananagrams/Scrabble
- Celebrant/Priestess
- Pink Hatter/Madder Hatter
& forever the Unfiltered — Unorthodox & Unhinged!
A very happy 2018 to you and yours!
