A Tennessee Trek

It’s been a long time (way too long) since I’ve written here and I really have no good excuse for my lack of posting, except that I’ve been too busy living life to write about it lately. But in light of recent big life-changing events, I feel a post is in order. I’ll try not [...]

Up with the birds

When I was a child, muzzy read in a magazine about a family who said what they were grateful for each night at dinner. Since we were already having family dinners on the regular, my mom thought it would be nice to incorporate this into them. We did and it stuck. Nearly 20 years later, [...]

A family affair

Things have been very busy around here, which is why I’ve sort of dropped my blogging frequency. Mike and I are in the thick of a hunt for a new apartment, which is consuming an unbelievable amount of time. We like the place we live now, but we really need more space. Plus, its incredibly [...]

Losing another loved one

I’ve sort of been ignoring this thing for a while, but today, I feel the urge to write. It’s been an interesting and sad week that began with a phone call on Sunday morning from my dad telling me that grammy was in the hospital and not doing well. She continued to decline and on [...]

Happy Birthday Brother Bear!

Today is my baby brother’s 21st birthday. I can hardly believe he’s this old. Partly because time is flying and partly because if he’s 21, that makes me almost 26. Gulp. Michael and I may not talk on the phone every day, but he’s one of my best friends in the whole wide world. As [...]

Time for a re-invention

“Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves.”-Henry David Thoreau
I haven’t written here in more than a week and while there’s not one specific reason why, several factors have contributed to my lack of postings. The first is that I’ve just been [...]

You’re so vain

I’ve been dreading today since October. And no, it’s not because I think April Fool’s Day is more than slightly silly. It’s because today I had to go to the dermatologist. My doctor is a lovely woman–kind, soft spoken, knowledgeable–but her habit of cutting things off of my body leaves me less than desirous of [...]

Stories, Food, Life

I finally took the plunge and got my hair cut after nearly two years of letting it grow. It was a great way to start the weekend because it was relaxing and I was well-groomed to meet Mike for dinner after. The actual cut isn’t anything fancy, just a little trim with some shaping. It [...]

Dreaming of summer

The other day, I watched “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” starring one of my favorite actresses, Rachel McAdams. The movie tells the story of a man who has a genetic disorder that causes him to travel through time and of the girl/woman he meets in his travels. I thought I had read this book, but I [...]

A hair razing tale

It’s official: I’m getting my hair cut. (It’s a good thing because I’m pretty sure Mike, my friends and family are close to staging an intervention. Confession: I have no cut my hair since July 2008. Yeah, that was almost two years ago.)
Those of you who are close to me know that I am not [...]

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