I started Valentine’s Day yesterday by opening up a lovely box that was filled to the brim with love. It wasn’t a box of chocolate…
Sock monkeys, sock monkeys, and more sock monkeys! When I made my first sock monkey last year, I didn’t really envision myself making another. But last…
For most of my life, I’ve felt as if I’ve lived on the wrong side of fashionable. And, I’m sure, most of the people I…
When it was determined that I would be in America for Halloween this year, I began to think about what I would dress up as.…
I went to Snoqualmie Falls on my way home from my Olympia/Portland journey and was amused when I noticed words embedded into the steps and sidewalk around the visitors’…
Today I got to play on the air with Steve and Rob at KXLE Radio – the best country station in all the land! It was such a…
I went to the cemetery to see Paul today and ended up digging away under his headstone. I hadn’t really planned on that, or I’d have…
On my first full day in America, I decided to give my loaner car (a pretty red Jag!) a test run. So, my baby sister and…
Faced with a boring weekend of recovering from a mild kidney infection (I’m much better now, thank you) and hiding from the misery of the…
[Updated below] I’ve spent the weekend out in the garden which has turned into quite the snail lesson for me. You see, I’m not from a snail-friendly…
Today’s post is a list. You would be forgiven to think that lists are an easy-out when it comes to writing, but they are really…
My dream to rule the world began when I was a young child with much smaller aims. I can vividly recall the start of my…
Today was a very different – and very fun! – day for me because I got to be a big important film star for the day. There were script…
Today is Tartan Day, a day when people around the world celebrate their Scottish heritage and ancestry. I’m not Scottish*, but as Scotland is where my…
By the time I was six years old, I had consumed countless s’mores. They’ve been a part of my life for as far back as I…
It seems that the craft bug has bitten me again – oh, dear! And, once again, I’ve crafted something that I don’t plan on keeping. I’ve been planning…
I wish on eyelashes. I don’t know when it started. Maybe my parents taught me the superstitious act. I can’t remember. But what I know for…
I’ve just completed another one of the Brooklyn Art Library‘s collaborative art projects, Letters From Your Childhood, so here I am sharing it with you. Yay! It’s difficult…
A while ago, I shared with you the found things I pick up when I’m out and about; every time I find something new to add to…
I love my knee-high stripey socks and was a bit sad when I wore a hole through the toe of one of them over the…