Aug 19, 2011 | Blog
My friend Nancy makes her own cards for birthdays, baby showers, thank yous – you name it, but she doesn’t write in them. Instead she uses sticky-notes so that the card itself becomes a gift. The thing is, the sentiments on those sticky-notes are also a...Aug 17, 2011 | Blog
The rain it seems makes us all a bit more social. There were more people in church on Sunday, everyone was on time for a birthday brunch and stayed late, the same with Lexie’s baby shower. That’s three indoor events in one day, back to back, which I know...Aug 15, 2011 | Blog
Open Mic night at the Fireweed is next Weds, the 24th, not this Weds. Blame it on wishful thinking? Aug 15, 2011 | Blog
It is 52 degrees and raining, and I’d like a fire. I think that’s reasonable. My husband says it’s still summer and not cold enough to start burning the wood he’s just finished stacking in the shed for the winter. I understand, I really do, as...Aug 13, 2011 | Blog
From Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life: “C’mon, let’s be honest. We have an embarassment of riches. Life is good. I don’t mean in a cosmic way. I never think of my life, or my world, in any big cosmic way…Learn to be...Aug 12, 2011 | Blog
The good thing about the rain (aside from the obvious greening up the very dry summer ground) is that I got to sleep in a bit this morning (6:30) since we don’t ride bikes in the rain in August. In April, May and June, sometimes– but August, never. We are...
