Thirty-one: Taking Requests
Hello friends! It is October and time to leave the craziness of September behind. I’m participating in a 31 day blog-a-thon this month, and today is the first post. I have a lot of writing to do...
View ArticleDay Four: Clara’s Request, Seasons
My friend Clara made a request for the 31 days of blogging: You could blog about how the change of season affects you internally. I love the change of seasons and cannot fathom living someplace where...
View ArticleDay Ten: Post 200!!!
For my 200th post I revisited the other 199. Below are some of my favorite blog posts from the two and a half years and why they are my favorite. I hope if you’re reading this for the ebook...
View ArticleDay Eleven: FireStarter
Every other weekend something seems to happen. Flood of the century: check. Major appliance breaks: check. Wiring explodes and starts flare (not full fire) in the ceiling: check. Ah, the weekend. I...
View ArticleDay 14: Oops, it’s the 15th!
Yep, I missed a day in my 31 day blog challenge. I realized after I went to bed, but as I had a 6:00 am conference call (good-morning, global village) I chose to sleep instead of getting up to write a...
View ArticleDay 15: 17 + 18 + 19 = 21
Twenty-one years ago this very night, Jim and I fell asleep in our first apartment. We were dating seventeen whole days (though we had known each other for a year and a half). I was eighteen, Jim was...
View ArticleDay 18: Dear New York City, 11 Things You May Not Know About The Rest of...
Dear New York, I <3 you and wish I had a t-shirt to express my love with thick black text and a big red heart. Really, we all love you. I say this with love. Foreign tourists love you; other...
View ArticleDay 20: How Do You Sleep on Sunday Nights?
Sunday is always such a mixed blessing. It begins relaxed and eases into a quiet afternoon. Then the tension of anticipation for a new week full of work and meetings, vet appointments, and after-school...
View ArticleDay 26: Living Instead of Blogging Part One
I didn’t write a blog post on the 26th. Instead, I took my children and one of their friends to a Hogwart’s Halloween Party that the city hosted. Last year I was in Chicago on this same weekend and...
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