For more than a year I’ve been telling myself to get some really nice, quality face moisturizer because grief can really take a toll on…
My 2010 resolution was to find a bit of joy every day. Each day, I thought about the things that bring me joy and posted them…
Nearly three weeks ago, I posted my goals and promised that I would soon update each goal with a list of tasks required to accomplish…
Around 4:30 this morning Schrodie really started to get on my nerves. She was zipping around the house like crazy; pounding on the wood floors…
So there I was in line at the British Airways counter at SeaTac. With me were three of my five sisters and their kids and…
Way-hey! Tomorrow is the first day of school. I’m totally excited! I’ve got my backpack packed, my pencils sharpened, my way-awesome binder loaded with college-ruled…
When I started Just Frances I did so thinking that I’d just throw things out there randomly and that no one would read it. It…
I removed a large grasshopper from the house today using Paul’s special bug-removal jar. The old peanut butter jar took on the duty of bug…
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain; the wind would whisper and I’d think of you. And all the tears you cried, that called…
It’s pickle season. That means that when I come home from work tomorrow the house will be full of people and pickle making supplies. Mmmm……
I had to smile today when I left the office and noticed several dozen extremely fit, extremely beautiful, young (legally so), skimpily-clad coeds milling around…
I’ve been Just Frances + One for a couple of days. It’s scary. It’s weird. It’s scary. It’s fun. And did I mention it’s scary?…
Today is International Left-Handers’ Day. Yay! A whole day set aside to celebrate the awesomeness of being a lefty! So, for my part of the celebration,…
I’ve done a lot of praying this past week in the hopes of finding the strength, courage, and inspiration I need to accept a challenge…
I was born as a homeless transient, living in hotel rooms on the road for the first couple of weeks of my life. Added to…
This is one of those funny posts for me. It started because I had a thought about rainbows, which then led me down a path…
I was looking forward to the Moscow Farmers’ Market opening last year but Paul died before we ever made it there and I couldn’t bring…
WooHoo! Thank you to everyone who entered* for a chance to win free coffee! For that matter, thank you to all of my readers. Your…
Many years ago, a friend came to visit me. She exclaimed excitedly that she’d been walking by a vintage clothing shop in Portland, Oregon, and…
Q: What does a geeky word-enthusiast who’s just cancelled her cable do for entertainment? A: She re-reads one of her favourite lipograms, of course! Yes,…