annie's blog
annie's blog
Annie Mueller
Besides writing overly personal essays and making blanket statements which I’ll later regret, I love reading, dancing, hiking, hanging with my friends, sitting on my balcony, getting confused about CSS, and trying to go on longer runs without dying. I’m a single mom with a small herd of teenagers. I think trees are really cool. Give me all the soft cheeses and red wine. Okay, fine, the hard cheeses, too. I enjoy live music, puns, outdoor dining, a good challenge, rainy days, thrift stores, witty humor, traveling, sandwiches, new words, the ocean, and driving with the windows down. I'm trying to learn German and not forget Spanish. I am a big fan of belly laughs, honesty, and the serial comma. And sleep.
Latest Posts
Summer reading: Escapism served hot and fresh. Now I’m off to buy myself a hot and fresh personal pan pizza because baby, I earned it.
Let there be lapsesWeeds in the garden, unswept porches,A walk never taken,A flower unnoticed,Missed bill, missed text, missed appointment.
When little trends roll around the blogging world that I’m not into, I ignore them. People get to do things. I don’t need to be part of it. I can put my attention elsewhere. I don’t need to express my opinion of everything. I am breaking...
This is very simple but sometimes the simplest changes work really well.
A week notes addendum with an actual update, maybe.
My therapist said humor is a healthy coping mechanism as long as I can also honestly acknowledge my real feelings.
Lots of driving. I am made of iced coffee and beef jerky. The highway is life.
I’ve been slowly sorting through and cleaning up my disorganized collection of notes. I came across one from a few years ago when I was reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown. This quote in particular keeps ringing ringing...
I saw this invitation to A Small Web July from small cypress and knew I wanted to join in. Here are my personal guidelines:
“We can learn to make one-time decisions that make a thousand future decisions so we don't exhaust ourselves asking the same questions again and again. — Greg McKeown” Here are...
A wave is made of two parts: the crest and the trough. If you take away the trough, there is no crest. There is only still water. Calm. Undisturbed. Happiness is like the crest of the wave.
Today is my 44th birthday. Here are some things I want to keep in mind for the year ahead.
Two modes for learning. Both essential. Exploring is preliminary, faster, wider, and often more fun. Diving comes next. It’s slower, deeper, more difficult, but ultimately more satisfying.
A non-exhaustive list of how I, a middle class white woman living in the U.S., have benefited and am continuing to benefit from the racism built into our systems and embedded in our culture.
A collaborative effort, from me and the emails in my junk folder.