Blogs are tricky because you want to write to keep them alive, but like Christmas and birthdays, I don’t just want to come up with something because the date is dictating that I produce. I want to be inspired. I want to have something that grabs ahold of me and doesn’t let go. It’s been … [Read more…]
I was going to put off this post because I wasn’t in the mood to grapple with it or face it or admit that maybe I’m right sometimes, even to myself. I was going to just dodge it and write about something less personal like my love of coffee or my desire to someday go … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago my husband went on a business trip to Minnesota. Given that it was about -10 degrees most of the time he was there, I was not too sad to be hanging at home in sunny southern California. I miss winter and snow. I do not miss freezing snot and chapped eyeballs. … [Read more…]
When I was a kid there was a sheep farm down the road from my house, and I always wanted to cross over the fence and be with the sheep. I lived in what might be called the boondocks, and I loved it. In the fall, herds of deer would race through our backyard and … [Read more…]
When I was in eighth grade, a friend tried to convince me that country music was the music of the future, but I would have none of it. By the time I was in college, I had caught the fever, and I remember making a late night run with another dear friend to grab Faith … [Read more…]
Some days are just plain old challenging. John Denver put it this way. Some days are diamonds, some days are stone. Sometimes the hard times won’t leave me alone. I love that man and all his lyrical genius, but I have to give credit to the writer’s of the TV show Parenthood for the inspiration for this … [Read more…]
All the talk and advertisements and articles in my quasi-organic lifestyle have made me think a lot more about the concept of local. Living in the city, I spend a considerable about of time and energy buying local produce and products, but somewhere in between the shopping trips, I am beginning to wonder if I … [Read more…]
I have a dirty little secret. TV characters are my friends. It’s true. When my husband and I were first married, I was unemployed, and I took advantage of that time to learn how to bake cupcakes and watch the Gilmore Girls series in its entirety. My husband would come home from his job at … [Read more…]
When I took my car in to get an oil change today, it was well overdue. It seems like there is never a good day to get an oil change. If we lived somewhere with a driveway and a garage, I’m sure we would change it ourselves to avoid having to drive across town, dig … [Read more…]
We have a very new hobby—estate sales. We both grew up on the east coast where auctions are more common, but here in Los Angeles, they conduct estate sales. We are in need of absolutely nothing for our 776 square foot apartment, but we go for two reasons. First and foremost, Garth Brooks CDs. For … [Read more…]