About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Wow, so this posting got long. It should probably be separated. I just don’t have the emotional-editorial prowess for that, so I’ll leave it all jumbled together. I’m sure as the days and weeks move on, I’ll become more cemented in what I believe about Derek’s legacy in the blogging world, but, for now, I’m [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged art, blogging, Communication, craft, death, Derek K. Miller, derek miller, legacies, Penmachine, technology, writing 2 Comments
There’s something really right about how people around the world are being moved to tears at the amazing end-of-life “The Last Post” published posthumously by my friend Derek K. Miller. If you don’t know the story of Derek, you can read the Vancouver Sun’s tribute to him here. I didn’t know him well. I had [...]
Posted in Journalling, keeping it real, writing Also tagged blogger, blogging, burnaby, death, Derek K. Miller, derek miller, legacies, Penmachine, The Last Post, writing 4 Comments
Nov
02
2009
The New Normal
I knew I was PMSing Friday morning. I was prepared for a shitty day. Got what I was expected, with the added bonus at the end — of finding out my father has prostate cancer. I know, everyone’s sorry, everyone hopes he’ll pull through. Thank you. Let’s not all say it, though. I’ve been to [...]
Jun
08
2009
My Very Emotional Day
I should be bouncing madly, ready for the Von Bondies to take the stage shortly, but I bailed on my best friend for an evening at home, after a very emotional day. Please comment, but don’t do the well-meaning “Oh, Steff, you poor thing” stuff, ‘cos that usually gets me worked up and thinking I [...]
Posted in Hygiene & Health, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Also tagged diagnosis, drama, emotions, fear, medical issues, waiting 7 Comments
May
14
2006
Motherless on Mother’s Day
I’m a daughter without a mother, and anyone who’s read me awhile knows that it’s not only what you would read on the back of my collectible Bloggers-of-Now baseball card, but it’s a fact that absolutely defines me to my core. My mother dying destroyed me – utterly, brutally, without a doubt, destroyed me. Every now [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Best of Steff, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized Also tagged abuse, alcohol, coping, daughter, dead mom, dead mother, grief, griefing, left behind, life after death, living life, mental health, mom, mother, mothers, moving on, raging, remembering, surviving 7 Comments
Goodbye, Jack