I’m new to sports. Never had much of an interest in watching or participating. I mean I played tennis, but that was really only because it looked good on a college application. I grew up believing that the arts were underfunded and sports was rampant with overpaid, glorified neanderthals. One of the wonderful things about…
Last week I had to go to the post office again because my mail lady is a crazy person. I know we live out in the middle of nowhere and I know our house is down a hill, but if you can’t hang then don’t become a New River Mail Lady. We have a fairly…
The celery at Whole Foods looks awful. Apparently it’s not easy to grow organic celery. I guess I can understand that, with all the layers and no pesticides, bugs could hide anywhere and ruin a crop. That must be what’s happening because there are normally so many stalks to choose from and this week I’ve…
I don’t watch football. I know nothing about it. I suppose if the need for categories comes up I am Christian. I don’t go to church and as I’ve said before I have a sense of God and my spirit, but I don’t do organized religion. All that being said, I continue to see Tim…
It appears that lately my blog has been a bit melancholy. Breast Cancer, 9/11 and heartbreak while important and relevant when taken all at once can be…sad. So, I feel the need for a little sunshine. Katlyn came home from high school yesterday inspired. I know those two things seem mutually exclusive, but she was…
It has been a while since I’ve written on my blog. I’m working on trying to get my first novel published and finishing my second, but there is something freeing about writing for the hell of it. Not worrying about all the details. At the risk of jumping on the media bandwagon, I have a…
Summer is over and my children went back to school yesterday. The first day of school is always an emotional and exciting time for me. My children…yeah, they are just excited. It is a time to reflect on the past school year and summer and also look forward to all of the wonderful things ahead.…