I’m holding a contest and you should totally enter to win free coffee! Yay! Why a contest*? Because I stopped at Starbucks on my way home…
An Ode to the Beach House by Just Frances Oh Beach House, Beach HouseYour lovely views of the Columbia River gorge entice my senses Oh…
in·spi·ra·tion ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi- (noun; 14th century) 1a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate…
So I’m sitting here drinking a proper beer with my sister and her partner. (He is drinking Bud Light, which is almost proper beer, so…
A few months ago I had a great conversation about music with a perfect stranger. It seems we both liked the same sorts of random bits of…
I would like to introduce myself as one who suffers from SUBS syndrome. Well, I guess I don’t really suffer from it, but the people…
Bexy has gotten her first non-rain-induced bath for the first time in more than a year. Paul and I used to wash her every 2-4…
I started this post thinking it would be about my love of (obsession for?) fish-n-chips but couldn’t stop myself from going on these little tangents…
I bring my iPod to work so that I have a bit of music playing in the background. Most days, I set it to randomly…
When you live alone, especially after sharing your life with someone for so long, things change. Little things. Shoe storage locations are one of those…
I must have been 10 or 11 years old when I got my first job as a papergirl for the Daily Record, Kittitas County’s only…
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…
A woman I’ve never met gave me a small book a few days after Paul died. “If God Used Sticky Notes” is just a little…
My drive into work took a bit longer than normal today because as I pulled onto the highway I fell in line behind four Model…
I love the way people can share the most mundane everyday details of their lives with the world thanks to the Wonderful World Wide Web.…
When I first began this blog, I jokingly commented that: “The content will be all over the place. You may visit one day and see…
Following up on last Friday’s pigtail challenge, here’s a fun little song I have to share with you. I’d never heard it before meeting Paul, but…
In honour of my lovely niece’s 13th birthday tomorrow, I am holding a party for my head* this evening. Oh yes, I am! And I…
I enjoyed a raspberry flavoured Tootsie Pop after dinner this evening. And for a special surprise, it was an Indian wrapper! Yay! I don’t remember…
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…