St. Patrick’s Day is awesome because everyone wears my favourite colour and that makes the world really pretty. And St. Patrick’s Day is awesome because…
I’ve been quite lax in my determination to take back my lunch hour so decided that I’d take some me-time today because the stress of…
Like most kids, I played Hopscotch growing up. It was a great game and really only required a piece of chalk. And since they used…
Over the summer, my friend set a challenge to listen to all of her iPod’s music collection alphabetically. A through Z; every song. Every. Last. Song.…
The second annual “Freeze Your Fanny and Burns’ Supper Extravaganza” weekend is officially over and I think it was a great success! There were 18 of us…
Oh my, oh my, oh my! My normally quiet home has transcended into a madhouse! But it’s a happy madhouse. Yep, the house is chock-a-block…
A low platelet count means I’m on rest orders from the doctor. My foster daughter is spending the night at a friend’s house. I’m too…
Well, I’m back in America now. But not home. I’m still working on that. So, I’ll save the trials and tribulations of my homeward journey…
I think it was Celeste’s wedding when we started the tradition of doing the Hokey Pokey at Cook Girl weddings. I remember all of us…
As part of my self-actualisation process rubbish, I regularly search for creative inspiration. One form of inspiration I turn to often is writing prompts, which…
Yay! I had an a-maze-ing day with The Kid at the Corn Maze on the Palouse. (Get it? a-maze-ing. Hee hee…) What a great start…
A week and a half ago the kid and I went to Wild @ Art to paint ceramics but we had to leave the painted pieces…
I remember visiting a friend not too long ago and being shocked to learn that he rarely took advantage of the great cultural and historical…
I’d like to tell you that I’m completely over my blue mood, but that would be a lie. I have, however, been having an enjoyable…
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,…
I am cutting the cord. Or rather, I am cutting the cable. I’m not replacing cable with satellite and in my rural neck of the…
About three months ago I wrote that I was getting ready to watch The West Wing. All of it. Seasons 1 through 7. At the…
I’ve finally read the first book in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, Knots and Crosses. Paul had told me about the series when I was…
Twice a year, an old urban legend is told about the possibility of balancing an egg on end during the spring and autumn equinoxes. It…
I decided to take advantage of a 30-day free trial on NetFlix today in a quest to rent the movie Stone of Destiny, after learning…