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 [...]

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 [...]

Think spring

It’s spring! We’ve been experiencing such lovely (and unseasonable) weather in the last week that it seems to have put me, and nearly everyone else, in a really great mood. It’s hard not to smile when you can wear shorts outside in March in Massachusetts! Mike and I went on our first outdoor run last [...]

Luck of the Irish

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Unfortunately, the only green item of clothing I own that’s season appropriate is a wool sweater, so I’m WAY overdressed today since it’s supposed to be hovering around 60 this afternoon. I made some Irish Soda Bread for our work party and everyone loved it, which made me feel good. It’s [...]

Walking on sunshine

Yesterday I wrote about my wild trip home from New York City to Boston that was slightly harrowing, but turned out OK in the end. And things are looking even brighter: Delta is going to refund the unused portion of my ticket! Woohoo! Even if Delta hadn’t agreed to the refund, I would’ve likely gotten [...]

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