My friend and fellow writer Rina tagged me in that old-school way to do an exercise in which I list three things that make me grateful, five days in a row. But it was on Facebook, and I still have my love/hate relationship with Facebook dialed too far into the wrong side to want … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: State Line
An InLinkz Link-up … [Read more...]
Gone Fishing
Agoura Hills Mom is still here, folks. I haven't posted in quite a while because I whisked my children off to the East Coast for most of the month of July. Recovering took a while when we came back, but today is that Sunday that is muggy and overcast, and it feels just like New … [Read more...]
Book Review: All You Need Is Less by Madeleine Somerville
Last week I spent at least an hour and a half scrubbing my stainless steel teakettle. And I blame this book. We've had this teakettle for 12 years. It was a wedding gift - that's how I know how old it is. It lives on the stovetop, where I saute and fry and brown and boil, … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: I should be folding laundry…
...but I'd rather look at pictures from my trip to Connecticut and wallow in homesickness for a little while. An InLinkz Link-up … [Read more...]
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From the Great Dance-Off of 2014 We are in our last week visiting my parents in Connecticut. That means our long-awaited annual journey and stay here is more than half over. This year it was even more hotly anticipated because I had to work my ass off to afford the airfare, … [Read more...]