When I was a little girl, I told my parents that I wanted two big draft horses – one black and one white – and I would name them “Thunder”
When I was a little girl, I told my parents that I wanted two big draft horses – one black and one white – and I would name them “Thunder”
Today, my college besties Julie, Val and I have hijacked our dear friend Annie Parsons’ blog! She’s about to embark on the Colorado Trail and we intend to send her
My husband and I looked for houses to buy for three years. As our friends moved into larger homes and better neighborhoods, we stayed in our little 60-year-old rented triplex
…what it feels like to have new carpet under my feet. the giddy feeling that erupted in my chest when we bought cows for our pasture the joy of sunny
The political campaign is over, and I am revisiting the concept of free time. I feel like it’s the first day of summer break and I’m not quite sure what
[the recent ‘toughest job in the world’ ad that’s overtaking Facebook] reveals a troubling attitude; an attitude that makes these sorts of commercials so effective; an attitude that portrays parenting
I can’t contain myself enough to write anything beautiful today. I can’t think about anything but the unbelievable, terrifying, uniquely wonderful reality that we just bought a house – not
This morning, when I got in the shower, I didn’t exactly have house-cleaning on my mind. We’d just gotten back from a long working weekend, and I was thinking about
I was challenged today in my writer’s group to write for five minutes about my “hobby horse” – the thing that I enjoy that grounds my little writerly soul. For
I stole this idea from Val, because she is the best at lists. Also, I know that today is January 9th and so this is pretty late to the year-end