Mostly Michelle Marie

Bringing Inside Thoughts Out

  • Fear and Self-Loathing in Sacramento

    Heads up – it’s a long one! It was a dark and stormy night in late December in a small cow town with big-city dreams called Sacramento that brought Michelle Marie Me into this world. The doctor was leaving for a golf/Christmas holiday in Florida and I wasn’t quite ready to join the world just… Read more

  • Miley, the Golden G-String and Me

    Whether you hate her, love her, don’t know who she is and/or don’t care, most people are aware of the force of nature that is Miley Cyrus. I never watched Hannah Montana, never really felt any sort of kinship with her (she’s quite a bit younger than me being the most obvious) but I can… Read more

  • An Embarrassment of Riches

    I started writing this post on Christmas Eve 2018, three days after my party celebrating my retirement from the City of Folsom after 21 years of service. The good, the bad, the punching walls in stalls of the ladies’ room so I wouldn’t punch an actual person, such as that annoying next door neighbor that… Read more

  • Unanswered Prayers and Unimaginable Blessings

    Garth Brooks, Catholic school, desperate times and unanswered prayers. Read more

  • Yearning to Fly, Fearing the Fall

    Dreams of falling then flying when I was a child. Read more

  • The Committee That Is Me, Michelle Marie

    We have a mask we all take turns wearing when the one who is us is too tired to be caring. -the Committee An archer who’s aim is heavenward bent shall not stoop to a low nor evil intent. There is a committee inside my head that consists of multiple versions of the person who… Read more

  • The Star and The Angel

    Many moons ago, a star was struck by a passing comet that broke his arm clean off his star body. He was lucky enough to be able to save the arm, even though he was in shock and more than a little bit mad at the rude comet, flying while distracted. He put his arm… Read more

  • The Real Price of Ignoring Intuition, Premonitions and Promises Kept

    A certainty around how and when I was going to die plagued me in my youth; why I now listen to my intuition. Read more

  • Happy Not New Year

    Mid year reflection on New Years Resolutions and why I prefer Intentions instead. Read more

  • Traveling Back to Bury the Past

    When you can’t leave the past in the past, but you want to heal. Read more