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Vlog: Fall/Winter Garden Tour
This is my first official vlog… I think. Considering the amount of time it took to upload this with DSL, this maybe be one of very few vlogs. I feel like I’m always posting the prettiest of what I see in the garden, with a very isolated view. This tour should show you the bare bones of the garden and…
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Uncharted
As we drove back downtown after getting our teen-vampire-drama movie fix, my friend M asked me, “What do you want to do when the kids go to school?” I think I spent a good five minutes dancing around the question before finally admitting that I don’t know. This is the type of question that really throws me for a loop.…
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Snapshots of the fall/winter garden
Looking outside the window, the world is currently frosted. I haven’t tended much to the fall and winter garden. Onions continue to send up green shoots, the garlic is sprouting, and baby kale plants promise to soon take over their own corner of the garden. I’m a lover of fall color, but I really miss the warm summer, being able…
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Holiday Processing
Does anyone one else find it unsettling that a day in which we celebrate community, shared sacrifice (perhaps the singular sacrifice of Native Americans), and express gratitude is followed by a day that is the pinnacle of American greed? I turned on the radio in the car today and was greeted by Christmas music. I can’t deny that just hearing…
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Shoes. Gar gar gar!
I can’t roll my Rs due to being tongue tied, so when I want to make that sound I have to gurgle which ends up sounding like like Garrrrrrr. Really awesome, no? So part of the gig of being wife/mom/professor/extreme hobbiest is that I can get easily overwhelmed. I’ve been having recurring dreams that I have returned to high school…