It has been a year since we lost our five year old dog, Oso to a sudden heart attack. This was my first real experience with an unexpected, premature, devastating loss of someone important to me. I acknowledge that Oso was a dog and the loss of a pet rests on an entirely different platform than the … Continue reading Remembering Oso
Are pyracantha berries poisonous? Mildly poisonous. Right, so that's a yes. My backyard is poisonous. What is a pork rind? Forgive my ignorance here. I really didn’t know. Jim ordered Chicarrons the other night and wouldn’t stop talking about them. That's a nice way of saying pig skin. On Fleek Side note: This question came … Continue reading Things I’ve Googled
Watching the magic hour light. Listening to your children have a conversation. Smelling pine needles and wood burning stoves. Tasting crisp mountain air. Feeling sand and water hug your feet. A spontaneous trip to the lake on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon.
I took Harper and Elliot to the dentist last week and as I filled out their new patient paperwork, I found myself having to ad-lib an answer in the blank space after employed by. It may have been a foreseeable thing but for some reason, I was kind of blindsided in seeing the empty box … Continue reading I’ve got a Blank Space
Is there anything better than cozying up with a warm drink on a crisp day? I always give Jim a hard time because his favorite go-to mug is this heavy, old (kinda ugly if I'm being honest) green one we picked up at a thrift store a million years ago. Mine is my beloved candy hearts … Continue reading A warm mug on a cold day is my favorite
In digging through some old material, I found this from October 5, 2009. This was before kids. When I still drove a stick shift. The musings of a twenty-something me. There is something about this time of year that encourages introspection. Something about the quiet rustle of the frail fallen leaves that collect in the … Continue reading Today, six years ago
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