I still have some things stored in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. You know, those things that there wasn’t room for in your college room or subsequent apartments, but that you just couldn’t possibly part with. This past year I have begun working on going through these things. Most of it is easy since, obviously, …
I got a gold star today. Actually it was red with polka dots. I got one yesterday too. I can’t help but smile as I write this, because how can you not smile about getting a sticker! Or maybe that’s just me . . . Anyway, my gym is running this contest where if you …
Or perhaps this post should be called, NOT for the birds. This past weekend I planted orange mint and oregano in my window boxes. By yesterday the majority of the mint was gone; plucked by my feathered neighbors for their nests (I assume it was for nests, since I don’t think birds eat plants, though …
My latest spent grain baking project: Chocolate Banana Bread. That is all. (Find the awesome recipe here!)
This past weekend I visited my hometown; my parents, grandparents and one of my oldest friends. Oldest meaning length of friendship, obviously, not her age. This is a friend I grew up with. Caught toads with. Attempted to dress kittens in doll clothes with. Danced the Nutcracker in the living room with. She’s one of several …
Happy National Library Week! You did know it was National Library Week, didn’t you? I personally have had it marked on my calendar all year; in no way did I accidentally run across this fact on NPR a couple days ago . . . Okay, so I may not have known something as awesome as …
Doing a little spring cleaning of the home office I decided to take a picture of the stack of papers above, before I shredded them. Said stack of papers is a draft of a novel I wrote and I’m not shredding them for any angst-y dramatic book will never be published reason (in fact I …
I am an introvert. And these days, I’m cool with that. But I haven’t always been. For many years I wished that my results would come out differently on any assessment I took, be it the Myers-Briggs or a quiz in the latest issue of Marie Claire. I wanted to be outgoing, daring, fun, the …
It’s 10K Season in Richmond. In about a week more than 40,000 runners will descend on the city and make their way up Monument Avenue and back. For the last four years, I have been one of those runners. This year I am not. Last year I woke up on the day of the race …
Way back in May 2010 I came across She Brews Good Ale. The first post I ever read was one on making Sima and I excitedly sent it to my husband, who was in the beginning stages of his interest in brewing beer. It was the first thing he ever brewed. In fact, it could be credited …
