In my world, letters and numbers are alive. OK, maybe not quite “alive” but they do have animate properties. Things like genders, personalities, and interpersonal…
Life begins where your comfort zone ends. The magic happens outside of your comfort zone. Success, happiness, excitement, love … it’s all found outside of…
It would seem that I’m not very good at this whole blogging thing of late, and I apologise for that. I suppose that it has…
I got my UK visa today! Yay!! Actually, I got the email on Monday telling me I’d been approved but wanted to wait until it…
For two weeks now, I’ve been selling loads of stuff on CraigsList and I can’t believe how mixed my emotions are in the process. The…
I have these conversations in my head where I shout at myself for being so stressed and unhappy and apathetic, then I tell myself to…
I spent an hour or so transferring my old floppy disks onto my external hard drive today and was very pleased with myself for managing…
Today is a snow day on the Palouse and I am well and truly snowed in. School has been cancelled; the roads are unsafe, and…
I promised myself that I would go through junk every week so that by the time I’m ready to start packing, I’ve rid myself of…
My friend posted a list of 100 random things her daughter wrote about herself out of boredom and I thought I’d give it a shot…
Today I gave my official notice at work and my last day will be 8 July 2011. This is a celebratory moment because it means…
Nine years ago today, my intended life plans changed. Only I didn’t know it at the time. I was living in Scotland whilst studying at…
It was September 2001. I was 27 years old and travelling off of the North American continent for the first time in my life. No,…
I’m really struggling this week. Actually, I’ve been struggling for a couple of weeks now. I’m sad and I feel quite helpless about it. I’m…
I used to enjoy the confluence of seasons; the awkward meeting between weather patterns – one anxious to begin its reign whilst the other tries in vain…
Way-hey! Tomorrow is the first day of school. I’m totally excited! I’ve got my backpack packed, my pencils sharpened, my way-awesome binder loaded with college-ruled…
When I run I think. Even when I’m listening to my iPod, my mind is racing through one thought after another. It jumps from here…
Faithful readers of Just Frances may recall that I blogged about my spare change about four months ago. They may also recall me blogging about…
Plinky asked me to describe the worst teacher I’ve ever had. I figured that since two teachers instantly came to mind, it was a big…
I’ve said goodbye to Frieda today and it makes me so sad. I know you’re probably thinking “It was just a car; what’s the big…