Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge
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50 Shades of Green: Savory (and Sweet) Smoothie Roundup
I’ve been cautiously venturing into the world of savory smoothies the past week or so. The first several I tried were…suboptimal. So suboptimal that I found them nearly undrinkable. I … Continue reading 50 Shades of Green: Savory (and Sweet) Smoothie Roundup
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong
This is my photographic response to a recent photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong
Book Review: Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale My rating: 4 of 5 stars This morning I heard a story on the radio show Radio … Continue reading Book Review: Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
Sweet Little Lies
My children are running in the yard of a summer day, giggling and digging in the dirt and showing me the worms and bugs they’ve found. The wind shifts and … Continue reading Sweet Little Lies
Savory Smoothies: Sapping the Joy from My Morning
With all of our recent travels and visitors, s’mores and dark chocolate honey mints, martinis and more martinis, my body has been thrown entirely off-kilter and is telling me so … Continue reading Savory Smoothies: Sapping the Joy from My Morning
A (Limited) Literary Rainy Day
Under the influence of The Secret Garden, I almost sent the kids outside in the rain today à la Dickon. But then I changed my mind and just made homemade play-dough … Continue reading A (Limited) Literary Rainy Day
Book Review: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holy schmoley! I forgot how wonderful this book is! My kindergarten teacher gave me a hardcover version … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Everything Must Go!
I’m feeling a huge urge to de-clutter. I always get that urge late at night when I ought to be sleeping. I’ve already done away with the easy stuff, though. … Continue reading Everything Must Go!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth
This is my photographic response to this week’s photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth
Not Crotchety…Crochet-y
I tend to immerse myself in a particular project or type of project to the exclusion of everything else for a time, and then drop that project or type of … Continue reading Not Crotchety…Crochet-y
Midwestern Meander 2012: Greenfield Village
Photos from our visit to Greenfield Village outside of Detroit, Michigan. For those unfamiliar with Greenfield Village, it’s the location to which Henry Ford had bunches of historic locations trucked … Continue reading Midwestern Meander 2012: Greenfield Village
Imperfect Happiness 