I am not perfect. It is okay not to be perfect. I cannot do everything (also known as, I do not have superpowers). It is okay to ask for help. Change (even really, really positive change) carries with it a certain amount of stress. It is okay to ask for support. In real life I …
So whatever happened to those spent grain cooking projects and that stack of journals? How is the $3.00 tomato plant doing, anyway? I am sure you are all lying awake at night wondering about these things, so let me help you sleep through the night with a few updates: The brewer with whom I live …
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I’ve been blogging for about eight months now and should confess that I started the whole thing with a bit (by which I mean, a lot) of skepticism. It was something I mostly thought I should do. I am a writer, writers have blogs; therefore so shall I. Needless to say “should” is rarely a good …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Part of my day job involves teaching a freshman orientation class. If you went to college in the last 15 years you probably had to take one; and if you started college in the last 5 years, I guarantee you did. They go by names like Freshman Seminar or Intro. to the University and are …
This past Friday I returned to my alma mater for a student/alumni networking social. This was the third or fourth time I’ve participated in the event, which is designed to give current students a chance to ask alumni questions about their career path and how it is (or isn’t) related to what they studied in …
So I’m trying my hand at blogging on the go today, from a train headed north to Penn Station. The last time I took the train to New York I was frantically writing a paper on the train so that I could enjoy my long weekend without it hanging over me. How nice to be …
