I am one of those weird people who enjoys grocery shopping. I start in the produce section and take great effort to select the best…
I am excited to report that I earned £40 an hour today! Of course, I only did 15 minutes worth of work. But still, that…
When I moved to Scotland in August, I sent a couple of large boxes by sea – hoping they’d arrive before Thanksgiving. They didn’t. But they did…
I returned a stack of six books to the library today. And I left with another seven. All to be read and reviewed over the…
I spent the afternoon at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery today and am so glad I did because I did need to get out of…
Today has been quite a day; a day full of reminders that I meant to be a scholar. Meant to be a scholar. But I…
I don’t know what compelled me to play poet again today, but compelled I was, so you get to read my latest attempt at literary expression. I…
Well, my Scottish Thanksgiving weekend has come to a close. Yes, the original planning process was difficult, and I found myself having to make do…
Fifty years ago, a great man was born. Today is a guarded celebration of that fact; guarded, because Paul’s not here to join in the…
Tomorrow, I will be hosting Thanksgiving for the first time since Paul died*. It won’t be as big of a crowd as our last Thanksgiving…
As I write this post, people are counting down to Christmas. Really. I mean, it’s not even Thanksgiving and they’re already counting down to Christmas.…
Last week I finally got around to seeing my new doctor and this week I’m regretting it just that little bit. You see, on the…
Today is my Daddy’s 67th birthday. And you may not believe it (unless you know him) but he just keeps getting younger and younger every…
I’ve been upset about Thanksgiving for a while now. Like really, really upset. I know it’s silly, but that’s the way it’s been. (As I’ve…
My life is made up of seconds. And I’m spending the next 600 hundred on a free-writing exercise. And you get to read all about…
Sometimes, no matter how much thought goes into plans, things don’t work out. From Daedalus and Icarus’ attempt at building wings to escape from Crete…
OK, since it’s sort of my thing to tell you all about goodies that I get from home, I suppose I should tell you about…
Confession: I have 292 Facebook friends. At least 46 of them are people I’ve never met. 25 or so are people I’ve only met once.…
A post about gorillas and cheese? Did I mean grilled cheese? Have I gone mad? Well, yes, no, and probably would be the answers there.…
Social lives are interesting things – and hard to define at times. Everyone seems to have one or want one. Or they want a better one or…