Wrangler Dani

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

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

I was a freshman (no, I’m not going to say first-year, how insecure do modern educators think young women are, anyway?) in college, taking a speech class. I hated the

I’ve officially fallen for fall, y’all. I love cozy sweaters, I love the Pumpkin Spice lattes, I love the drizzly gray mornings and the tall boots and the feeling of

(Inspired by Katie’s “I remember” post) I remember, as a little girl, being held in my dad’s strong arms as we ducked under the pounding Southern California surf, over and

I love mornings. (I REALLY love mornings after about 12 hours of sleep, but…) Even with limited sleep, however, wave a cup of coffee under my nose and give me

So, I’ve done NaNoWriMo before. (Note: I use the word “done” very loosely. Please do not recall 2009 and 2008, both woefully inadequate attempts). HOWEVER, this year will be different.

Hi, I’m Joey from The Young Oak.  Dani is on vacation right now and asked me to be a guest blogger on her site.  She beat me up once in

Yesterday, I’m trying to get Wee Cowgirl to ask her horse to walk. She keeps insisting that the correct word is “go” and I insist on “walk”. Finally, she looks

Why, getting moss all over the house, of course. (My roommates are groaning. They remember the days of Dani’s art projects.) When I talked to you last, I announced my