I like writing lists – ideas for new adventures, looking back on what I’m grateful for, hope as I teeter on the edge of a new year. Usually, on my
I like writing lists – ideas for new adventures, looking back on what I’m grateful for, hope as I teeter on the edge of a new year. Usually, on my
It’s a giant Coke Zero at the Movie Tavern, refillable without leaving your seat, (what magic!) companionable because it’s with family, and it’s what Ashley and I both get, along
At Thanksgiving, I always think of the Holmes family. I was 18 and feeling lonely – here I had boldly taken off for parts unknown, but once I found myself
My mom loves tinsel. Every year there is buckets of the stuff floating around the house at Christmas, getting tracked around on snowy boots and caught on the doggie’s tail.
Last night, we went to see Catching Fire in the theater. I noticed, as I looked around the theater, how many posters and advertisements were for modern mythologies – the
For as long as I can remember, my mom has made a strong pot of coffee every morning, and drank it religiously, with only a splash of milk to temper
You know how Mother-in-Law jokes, go, right? It seems that everybody has a horror story, a difficult situation or a trying circumstance with their in-laws. Families have their own social
I remember when I got my first cell phone – I was 18 years old, a college freshman, and wandering around Dallas at Thanksgiving with Megan. She kindly dropped me
There are many things that have been frustrating (or maybe, just unrealistically expected, if we’re fair) about this move. I kinda thought we’d finally make the break and voila! a
I’m always an early celebrator of Christmas. The first frosts and speckles of snow (or, in California, afternoon fogginess) have me daydreaming of homemade cookies and shiny bows. But my