Well. America has hit another milestone in our history. We have elected a former reality TV star as our next President. Regardless of whether you voted for him or for her, or anyone but him or anyone but her, can we just agree that the fact that reality TV plays into this equation at all is … Continue reading Safety Pins and Cockroaches
This blog has been a heavy place lately. Our world has been a heavy place lately. And today, for most of us, is a very heavy day. So here is my attempt to bring some levity to a heavy place and maybe make you smile, or at the very least, perform a fist pump of … Continue reading My Beef With The Crafting Vestibule
As I laid flat on my back in my neighbor’s front yard, here were the thoughts running around my head: “Wow. They have excellent sod. I should ask them what kind of grass they have.” “I wonder when Greg will make it here with the car. This is getting a little embarrasing. There really is … Continue reading The Contingency Plan
Her name was Annie. We were classmates in elementary school. And she got my spot in our school’s elementary choir. How did I know she got my spot? Because when we auditioned, she got a spot and I didn’t. It didn’t matter to me that other classmates of ours also made it into the ensemble. I did not, and … Continue reading Green Eyes
Hope. It’s one of those words for me that, similar to grace, faith, and yoga, I know exists and I acknowledge that some people find great fulfillment in, but for me, continues to be a constant struggle to fit into my own life on a regular basis. Or, more honestly, is an impossibility for me … Continue reading Hope
I almost got discovered once. This is not even remotely an exaggeration or a fish story, I absolutely entirely almost got made famous. I was 17 years old and working at Universal Studios in, also not a lie, Mel’s Drive-In. (I know, right?! I almost had that story.) So, I’m working behind the counter, wearing my … Continue reading The Gremlin
It’s a rough world out there. And I don’t only mean the real world, where people are dying in hurricanes and in suicide bombings and road rage. The fake worlds we have created, the supposedly meaningless ones that are meant to be for sheer entertainment purposes only, are becoming rougher and rougher. We recently survived … Continue reading The Hurricane
My near middle age (Greg recently informed me that I am turning 35 in May and not 34 as I have believed all year and this has greatly messed with my emotional status) has me convinced of a few things. One, Venmo is the future and we all need to get on board with it. … Continue reading Hearts Alive
We’re in the middle of a dreamy week in Utah. My parents bought a cabin in southern Utah earlier this year and graciously lent it to us for a week. It’s my first time to Utah and it’s been blowing my mind. Everywhere you look are these incredibly scenic views, so fantastic your mind has … Continue reading The Woman On the Train
There is a trend in my neighborhood of planting fake, silk flowers into outdoor flower beds. Half of our neighborhood is comprised of the original owners of these 1950s cinder block beasts of houses, and therefore on the older side of life, so I can hardly blame them. Fake flowers don’t really require much work. … Continue reading Fake Flowers
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