In the evenings, you will quite often find me and the kid in the living room not talking*: Her on the love seat reading or…
I signed up for The Sketchbook Project a few weeks ago. It’s a great art project from the Brooklyn Art Library where thousands of sketchbooks…
To counter last night’s less-than-happy post, here’s something I’m super happy about! First, the background: Just as I was starting to remember how fun it…
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…
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…
As part of my effort to take back my lunchtime, I’ve spent today’s lunch break composing a little ditty on my laptop just for my awesome…
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…
A while back I picked up a piece of bond paper and a box of crayons to illustrate a silly little image to go along…
Yay! Today is National Punctuation Day. And if you know me at all you know that this is a day I love to celebrate. So…
The Squeen, in her most noble and wise ways, has declared that: “Wednesdays, today and forthwith and here-on-after, are haiku Wednesdays.” I’ve thought about posting…
On the drive home from the airport Friday evening, I started to think about Ojo de Dios (God’s Eyes). I don’t know what brought the…
Faithful readers of other rubbish I’ve written since Paul died will remember the struggle I had the first time I found myself having to travel…
Right, I promised a more cheerful post the other day and I’m pleased to say that I don’t even have to be fake cheerful! You…
I wish I was an artist. You know – a really good one. I wish I could draw things with ease and make them look pretty. In…
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…
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…
I really like candy. Especially candy that comes on a stick. Candy on a stick is great fun because of the bonus of using your…
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 was born as a homeless transient, living in hotel rooms on the road for the first couple of weeks of my life. Added to…