Read: The Soul of Money

{Things are exceptionally hectic in my world this week; lots going on at work, preparing for a baby shower this weekend and can’t yet show what I’ve been busy crafting; feeding and spending time with the new roommate; trying to keep the garden alive with...

Conquering the Garden of Evil

{I am going to uncharacteristically swear like a sailor in this post; consider it thoroughly influenced by dear Finny, the gardener who got me interested in all this mother of sweet holy moses nonsense in the first place. If you don’t like the f-bomb, take...

Backstage

Me*, Sugar Ray and my college-friend Nicole, backstage at That Damn Show in 1998. My friend Eric recently emailed this photo and I honestly don’t remember meeting Mark McGrath. We were at a big concert in Phoenix under the guise of covering the music for the...

Heroine

I’ve had amazing women guide my life, and my grandmother is at the top of the list. She’s a heroine for a dozen reasons, but this week namely for taking such good care of these characters: My great-uncle John and grandfather, respectively.  We came home...

Prickly

Work is going so well, but I’m finding I don’t have enough time to get everything done I’d like to accomplish. On the home front, the garden is being watered, the laundry folded, the dishes washed. With ultimate frisbee tonight and a fair amount of...

In Being Resolute

Remember those 2009 resolutions I set two months ago? In an accountability measure, I’m checking in to see how things are progressing. The novel published.   Nope. Haven’t done a darn thing. Not sure what my road block is with this. I want it more than...