by Samantha Wallen | Sep 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
My daughter was up and ready early this morning so we decided to get her favorite bagels before I dropped her off at school. When we pulled into the parking lot of the strip mall, I noticed a red Ferrari F12 Berlinetta parked by itself away from the other cars filling...
by Samantha Wallen | Sep 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
For the past few months someone has been dumping unwanted items by my trashcan. If they fit inside the bin and didn’t cost extra to be hauled off I wouldn’t mind so much, but these items are big—a satellite dish, oven racks, shovels, and just this morning, a white...
by Samantha Wallen | Aug 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am the middle class. The experience is like being on a teeter-totter, which means hovering around the elusive and precarious pivot point. One moment you are up and the next your butt is being slammed into the ground. [fusion_builder_container...
by Samantha Wallen | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve recently claimed banana slugs as my power animal. If you aren’t familiar with them, they are large, bright yellow (sometimes brownish) slugs found in the Pacific coastal rainforest belt of Northern California. They are essentially shell-less snails on steroids...
by Samantha Wallen | Jul 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s been 4 years since my foreclosure. Six years since the process began. The emotional and physical overwhelm that I experienced has been tempered by time. I’ve forgotten what it’s like to be in the thick of it. It’s an emotional roller coaster of powerlessness,...
by Samantha Wallen | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Home Economics is a class I took in junior high where I learned how to follow a recipe, use an oven, and sew a usable, but lopsided duffel bag. It may have covered finances, but I don’t remember. I do remember the class was co-ed. I was delighted to be measuring and...
