First steps on a new journey, and our very first GIVEAWAY!
You know what you love to do. Everyone has something, a passion or hobby that makes them feel–well, RIGHT. In the best of moments on our happiest days, we find it easy–a pleasure–to dive right into that thing, and lose ourselves in our heart’s desire. Some days–or, many, for a lot of us–it isn’t so [...]
Put a Bird On It
I would say that, at least once every few weeks, someone asks me, “Hey! Have you ever seen that sketch from Portlandia?” Portlandia, for those who haven’t yet had the pleasure, is an IFC sketch comedy show that pokes fun of Portland and–well, basically, most of the issues and trends that tend to consume MY [...]
Regular People on a Regular Saturday Doing Completely Normal Things
I joked with my daughter and her friend today that we were being “real Americans.” Of course, we are real Americans every day. But the joke poked fun at the very typical activities that we chose for our snowy Saturday–typical for many that is, but not so much for us. A nice overnight snowfall left [...]
For once, lazing around on the couch is a GOOD THING.
Ever find that it is always just about the time you are really getting a portion of your house tidied up and lovely that you realize that the rest of the house has completely fallen apart while you were doing it? Over the holidays, I was given the best gift from my dear hubby. All [...]
Five Things
I hope your weekend is so freaking awesome that you aren’t checking email or cruising the internet at all…But, in case you’re a junkie like me, here are five posts from other sites that caught me attention this week: from Simple Mom, about Goals : http://simplemom.net/questions-to-help-you-make-some-goals/?doing_wp_cron=1326603496 a super cool video from an awesome kid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVZwJbs54c&sns=fb one [...]
Words to Live By
To end my first week of daily posts, I want to leave you with a quote. Hello Bluebird sells a wonderful line of eco-friendly cards and uplifting books by Seattle-based Compendium. This is one of our bestselling vendors, because the simplicity of their designs combines with the wisdom of wordsmiths from across the ages. No [...]
Farm to Table : POULET + “The Chicken Guy”
My local readers are most likely the kind of folk who know that Thursday through Saturday are lucky days for those of us with aspirations of grandeur in our family kitchens. Why? Farmers’ markets! I drool with jealousy for areas where you can shop for local, fresh produce any day of the week, but, here [...]
About Daily Posts, Part 2
I am blessed with friendship. I haven’t had very many close female relationships in my adult life, especially since I moved to Reading 12 1/2 years ago. With no family or roots in the area and young children to raise, it was a challenge to build a network of support in an unfamiliar place. It [...]
About this idea of Daily Posts, Part 1
My husband, sweet and caring and concerned man, guffawed a bit when I mentioned that I committed to daily posting. I can’t say that I blame him–I wasn’t even sure I meant it when I said it, but sometimes we have to push out of our comfort zone a bit if we want to make [...]
Beans, beans…
…The magical fruit! Ah, gradeschool. Today’s Good Thing 9/365: Used a hodgepodge of ingredients that needed to be used from my fridge and pantry to make a wonderful, healthy winter stew! By the end of dinner, we had named it Stone Soup, and Finn had the chance to tell the story to his big sis [...]
