Publishing Has Changed My Life!
Friends! — because we are still friends, even though I am now a rich and famous person — This year I published a book. What did you do? *wink* Okay, […]
Being Satisfied
Where There’s Smoke There’s… Yawn
Is there any irony in throwing your tri-tip steak into the smoker for dinner while the haze from a SERIOUSLY lingering mountain fire lounges in […]
Hello, Mr. Hashimoto? I’ve Got Something That Belongs To You
So I had some blood drawn a little while back and sent off to a laboratory to see if there was anything funky hanging out […]
In Search of a Left Brain
Frits – www.hikingartist.com My storage room is a swirling vortex of doom. As is my closet. And my office. And my office closet. My kids' […]
Ummmm So. A Bit Non-Post-y Here Today. Wanna Be My Therapist?
Doodz. Huz got back from China on Friday. I spent the day running like the proverbial chicken Saturday. Threw my back out Sunday. Guests coming […]
Where is the Love? (And a Link for Downton Abbey Addicts)
Dear Dudettes and Dudes, Today I am at a loss. I am wondering where the love in this world has gone to? First we are […]
Adventures in Flying
While I have been lying here convalescing, and slowly going CRAZY My boy has been learning to fly. First, there was Discovery: And then there […]
Mountain Fire! Something to Write a Story Around
We've been living in the shadow of a blazing mountain this week. I am lucky to be far enough away not to be too worried […]
Women 101: It’s All About the Packaging
Do you want to know the fastest way to separate a girl from her money? Packaging. Make it cute, sparkly, small, modern, clean-lined, colorful, and/or […]
Wait! Come Back! That Growing Up Thing Kids Do.
I'm spending the day–and much of next week–sending my peeps off to various camps and cousin visits and waving Oldest Child back to college after […]