Denver uses trekking poles to climb foreboding crags in howling snow. I use them for pleasant hikes in 70-degree sunshine, on a well-marked trail amongst wildflowers and birdsong. To each
Denver uses trekking poles to climb foreboding crags in howling snow. I use them for pleasant hikes in 70-degree sunshine, on a well-marked trail amongst wildflowers and birdsong. To each
Adam and I sat down this week with an Excel sheet (my husband understands spreadsheets, hallelujah) and our bank accounts and money-spending habits and made a budget. We also have
It’s foggy and chilly outside. I’m snuggled with my laptop and a hot mug of coffee and the scent of fresh-baked banana-nut muffins. I feel settled. Adam and I worked
So I’m super addicted to American Idol this year. I don’t think I’ve ever cared this much on my own. Granted, we spent a lot of time waiting for another
I’ve always believed so – I’ve had (and still have) some fantastic male friends in addition to my irreplaceable girls. But it can only go so far when everybody is
…but it’s much more complicated than I thought. To write about it, anyways. Yesterday I wrote a description of a running horse herd in an open pasture and found myself
Today is a Day of Jubilee. Because today, our downstairs neighbors moved out. Remember them? The ones who pounded on our door when we moved furniture and yelled at my
It feels like February today. Today is President’s Day, a fact that I’d forgotten until Adam came home for lunch bearing a mini rose plant for me, declaring it his
Adam turned 27 yesterday. Unfortunately, I missed the boat and didn’t write an “I love my husband” post for the occasion, so I thought I’d try it today, with a
I have an old friend, as most of us do. She and I are a few months apart in age, and our parents were friends long before we came on