My eight year blog-iversary happened in October, 2024. I created this “best of” page about five years ago to help newer visitors get a sense of what Ridiculouswoman is all about, but I hadn’t updated it until recently to bring my Fall Excursion series up to date.
I’ve written posts in series, that tell a continuing story. Others are stand-alone posts. I hope you enjoy this collection, and that it helps you get to know Ridiculouswoman better.
Coffeemaker
Grief and Grace
The Presence of Absence
The Bulgarian
The Journals
Fatherless Days
The Sideways Hourglass
29 Years
On Dying Heroically
Milestones or Millstones
Ghost In This House
Sophie’s Empty Sunny Spot
Salute for Sophie
Widow Wrestles Weighty Wind Machines
Widow Rocks Wanton Weekend
Widow Wrangles Wrongway Wiring
Widow Wallops Way Into Washer
Widow’s Walloping Was Wrong Way Into Washer
Widowhood 2.0
The Hole Where Grief Lives
Tandem and Telescope
Divestiture, Episode One
Divestiture, Episode Two
Boots, Barn Coat, Bike
Life is a Harold
The Attitude of Gratitude
Thankful Thursday 2
But Enough About Me
Chipmunk, Jeep, Free Lunch
Working From Home
The Isolation Age
Skin Care for the Apocalypse
Absurdist Edition
Toilet Paper Relay Edition
Cliché Edition
Cryin’ Songs Playlist
Jackpot Edition
Masked Ingenuity
Widows and Germ Freaks
Blinded by the White
Jumping Through Hoops -And Off a Cliff?
The Crooked Lipstick Years
Open A Door, Slam A Window
Now Comes the Hard Part
How Not to Paint a Room
Displacement Activity
Christmas Cookies
How Not to Fix A Router
How Not To Assemble A Chair
Front Room Ceiling
Jackson Pollock
Catch A Chipmunk
How Not to Strip Wallpaper
Wallpaper Part Two
No Tanks
How Not to Customer Service
Customer Service Part 2
Middle-aged Woman Rules
The Thanksgiving Rules
Trading Fear for Flow
Rules of Attraction
Part Three
Living Out Loud
The October Rules
Pandemic Thanksgiving Rules
The Widow Rules
The New Thanksgiving Rules
October
Fall Excursion, Part 2
A Journey with Journey
Frost, Flannel, Fall Excursion
On, Wisconsin
Fall Excursion: Trail Ride Two
There’s No Place Like Home
Sic Transit Gloria
Autumn Reprise
Best of All He Loved the Fall
Ghost In This House
Pangs of Joy, Bursts of Sadness
There’s No Place Like Home
The October Rules
Run Away, Run Home, Don’t Run
Sic Transit Gloria
Cover Me In Cornstalks
Hello Darkness
“Ridiculouswoman” comes from the story of my shock, grief and temporary insanity in the face of my husband’s terminal diagnosis. I learned from losing Mike that I want to live the rest of my life with love, gratitude, kindness and laughter. Especially laughter, because we shared a lot of that. And I’m pretty good at making people laugh, sometimes even intentionally.